Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 30)
Herders in drought-stricken northern Kenya get first livestock insurance payments
As livestock deaths mount, a small group of herders in Kenya’s Marsabit District is first to benefit from program that tracks forage conditions via satellite. In the midst of a drought-induced food crisis affecting millions in the Horn of Africa, an innovative insurance program for poor livestock keepers is making its first payouts today, providing compensation […]
Leading European MP urges change of mind to save lives
Thijs Berman, Member of European Parliament for the Social Democrats, has criticised governments in Eastern Africa in their approach of the droughts in arid and semi-arid lands. According to Berman, the governments lack policies aimed at rural populations and called on the EU to prioritise food security in its development strategy. The current crisis in […]
Here we go again: famine in Horn of Africa
By: Simon Levine Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute This week, yet again, the spectre of famine in the Horn of Africa has reappeared on our television screens and in our newspapers. Across large parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, livestock are dying in huge numbers because they cannot get water and pasture. Ominously, no rains […]
New MA programme in Drylands Policy and Climate Change Adaptation
Kimmage DSC is accepting applications for its new MA in Drylands Policy and Climate Change Adaptation. NOTE: Please send your expression of interest in this programme directly to the organisers (office@kimmagedsc.ie); your expression of interest will not be published on the CELEP website. Breaking the cycle of impoverishment of vulnerable communities in the drylands of Africa […]
Reducing vulnerability: pastoralism & climate change
This report from the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is one of six reports prepared for the ECHO-funded project on ‘Reducing the vulnerability of pastoral communities through policy and practice change in the Horn and East Africa’. The project aimed to raise awareness among planners and policymakers about the full […]