Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 25)
Global policy narratives on drylands & pastoralism
The global narratives that dominate agricultural policy are built on crisis scenarios around meeting projected food demand, now complicated by global climate change and food price spikes. The role given to drylands and pastoralism in these narratives shows little consistency, except for characterising them as lacking in some way, e.g. as unproductive, resource scarce, fragile, […]
Pastoral adaptation to climate change: Ethiopians learn in Mali
Ethiopians from five partner organisations in the Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) visited Mali in 2011 to learn about good practices in pastoral adaptation to the effects of climate change. The hosts were DCG Mali and the Malian Arid Lands Development Organisation (MALDO). In Nioro du Sahel and Nara in northern Mali, they learned how the […]
Counting on uncertainty in North-East Kenya
In a semi-arid part of Kenya, the new economics foundation (nef) and CARE International explored whether the benefits created by projects investing in climate-change adaptation outweigh their implementation and opportunity costs. Adaptation interventions pushed by multilateral donors often focus on so-called “hard” adaptation measures at macro scale, such as infrastructural investment. The study “Counting on […]
Regional Pastoralist CSO symposium 13–14 May 2013 in Kampala
The Coalition of Pastoralist Civil Society Organisations (COPACSO) and the Uganda Land Alliance (ULA) jointly organised an Eastern Africa Regional Symposium on Pastoralism on 13–14 May 2013 in Kampala, Uganda. They sought to contribute to realising specific objectives of the AU Policy Framework for Pastoralism in Africa by: Providing a platform to guide and tailor actions […]
Pastoralism needs better press coverage
Mobile pastoralism contributes substantially to food security, livelihoods and economic prosperity, and can increase resilience to climate change, but policymakers, donors and the general public tend not to appreciate its benefits. Policy narratives portray pastoralism as outdated, and the media stories that help shape policy processes and public opinion often contribute to these false portrayals. […]