Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure (page 33)
Pastoralist livestock and local livelihoods in Sudan
Pastoralist livestock production is an important element of Sudan’s economy. This is highlighted in a report Standing wealth: pastoralist livestock production and local livelihoods in Sudan, brought out by the Feinstein International Institute (Tufts University) and UNEP, authored by Saverio Krätli, Omer Hassan el Dirani and Helen Young, with Samira Mohammed Ahmed, Osman Mohammed Babiker, […]
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 […]
CELEP presents to ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
CELEP made a presentation on pastoralism at a meeting of the Committee of Social Affairs and the Environment on 22 March 2013. This is a part of the ACP-EU (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States – European Union) joint assembly. The aim of the meeting was to prepare for the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly […]
Market access & trade issues in the Horn
The technical brief (33pp) “Market access and trade issues affecting the drylands in the Horn of Africa” (2013) was prepared by Yacob Aklilu, Peter Little, Hussein Mahmoud and John McPeak for the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought in the Horn of Africa, hosted by the CGIAR Consortium in partnership with the FAO Investment […]
Is there a future for pastoralism in East Africa?
Based on its many years’ work with pastoralists in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) Germany brought out a position paper (2011) on pastoral animal husbandry in East Africa. It clearly sees a future for the pastoralist lifestyle and economic system. It recognises the myriad challenges faced by pastoralists but also the opportunities […]