Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 13)
Pastoralists influence climate-related policy in Kenya
SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) leads the Voices for Change Partnership (V4CP) programme together with IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) with funds from the Netherlands Government. V4CP works with civil society organisations (CSOs) worldwide to bridge the gap between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their implementation within society, especially in low-income and marginalised communities. […]
Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands
The FAO paper “Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands: reducing risks, addressing vulnerability and enhancing resilience” (2018, 52pp) explores the mounting challenges faced by pastoralists and indicates opportunities to strengthen the resilience of pastoralist livelihoods. Pastoral livestock production is crucial to the livelihoods and the economy of African’s drylands. It is practised in an area covering 43% […]
Climate-change adaptation building on local innovation
Partners in Ethiopia, Nepal and Nigeria within the international multistakeholder Prolinnova (Promoting Local Innovation) network explored the relevance of the PID (Participatory Innovation Development) approach to climate-change adaptation (CCA) at local level. PID involves multistakeholder experimentation that builds on local ideas and initiatives. The study on “Participatory climate-change adaptation building on local innovation” (2011, 9pp, […]
Improving the livestock sector in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
A report for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) entitled “Livestock sector in the Ngorongoro District: analysis, shortcomings and options for improvement” (2018, 58pp) by Pablo Manzano and Lucas Yamat, looks at how to increase revenues from livestock in Ngorongoro in northwest Tanzania. In response to the 2017 drought, local communities used different strategies, […]
Gendered vulnerability to climate change in semi-arid areas
Recent research indicates that vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change are gendered, but policy approaches aimed at strengthening local communities’ adaptive capacity largely fail to recognise this. The paper “Gendered vulnerabilities to climate change: insights from the semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia” by Nitya Rao et al, published in Climate and Development (2017) interrogates […]