Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 29)
Economic case for community-based adaptation in dryland Kenya
A study made by the new economics foundation (nef), on behalf of CARE, shows that community-based adaptation (CBA) makes strong economic sense. The various scenarios comparing systematic and planned adaptation to a situation with no support to adaptation are based on learning from the real situation of two communities in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands […]
Climate change and pastoralists
The drylands have always known large climatic fluctuations, and pastoralists have developed resilient livelihood systems to cope with them. However, global climate change is raising new challenges for pastoral systems in Africa. Action at local, national and international levels is needed to prevent destitution and to help pastoral groups respond to the changing environment. This […]
Making African pastoralism more resilient to climate change
WISP (World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism) made a scoping study Building climate-change resilience for livestock in sub-Saharan Africa to identify entry points for building the resilience of livestock systems to climate change and variability. It included two subregional reviews (in eastern & southern Africa, and in West & Central Africa), six country visits (in Kenya, […]
Strengthening voices: Tanzanian pastoralists shape their future
Patterns and intensity of rainfall are changing and the seasons are becoming more unpredictable in the drylands of Tanzania, as is happening throughout the drylands in East Africa. Pastoralism provides over 90% of the meat and milk products consumed in Tanzania. Pastoralists make productive use of the scattered and changing resources in the dryland ecosystems, […]
From conflict to coping in southern Ethiopia
The study “From Conflict to Coping: evidence from southern Ethiopia on the contributions of peacebuilding to drought resilience among pastoralist groups” was undertaken by Mercy Corps to examine if and how its peacebuilding programmes have affected key factors related to drought resilience. The study generated evidence on the extent to which peacebuilding efforts that rely on […]