Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure (page 38)
Pastoral institutions for managing natural resources
Pastoralists have adapted to the uncertainty of their environment in many ways, but a key feature is their strong social organisation. They have developed complex customary institutions to enable flexibility and opportunism in managing and using natural resources, in order to allow mobility and to enable pastoralist societies to withstand extreme pressures. Their customary institutions […]
Challenging the stereotype: pastoralism = poverty
Understanding the complex relationships and causes of poverty in pastoral areas of eastern Africa is a necessary first step toward informed and effective policymaking and project programming. The overview paper “Challenging stereotypes: the multiple dimensions of poverty in pastoral areas of East Africa” (2007) addresses this gap. It has four general objectives: 1) to summarise […]
Access to water & pastoralist livelihoods
Water development in pastoral drylands of Africa has always been a priority for humanitarian and development agencies and for governments. However, experts have raised increasing concerns about its numerous adverse effects. In 2006 FAO’s Livelihood Support Programme reviewed the lessons learned in implementing pastoral and hydraulic projects in parts of eastern Africa: the Haud in […]
Resilience analysis to guide pastoralist policy
The paper “Applying resilience thinking to questions of policy for pastoralist systems: lessons from the Gabra of Northern Kenya“ (in Human Ecology) explores the relevance of a systematic application of resilience thinking to questions of pastoralist policy. It analyses the social-ecological system of the Gabra people in north-central Kenya and identifies indicators of the components, […]
Pastoralism in Africa: dynamic change at the margins
The book Pastoralism and development in Africa: dynamic change at the margins (2012, 328pp), edited by Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind and Ian Scoones, grew out of the conference “The Future of Pastoralism in Africa” convened in Addis Ababa in March 2011 by IDS (Institute of Development Studies) Futures Agricultures Consortium and Tufts University. The book highlights innovation […]