Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure (page 11)
Factors influencing migration & settlement of pastoralists in Nairobi
Pastoralism faces numerous challenges, including land-use and land-tenure change that diminish grazing land and conversion of traditional grazing lands into other uses such as settlements. Urbanisation is one of the key drivers of pastoral system dynamics. Understanding such dynamics in the face of compounding factors such as frequent droughts linked to climate change is key […]
Development interventions undermine pastoral livelihoods in Turkana, Kenya
Turkana County has a long history of development interventions yet remains one of the poorest counties in Kenya. In Turkana, livelihoods are increasingly under threat because of climate change, conflict and changing land use. The question addressed in the article “Effects of development interventions on pastoral livelihoods in Turkana County, Kenya” by Gregory Akall, published […]
Customary tenure & reciprocal grazing in Ethiopia
The article “Customary tenure and reciprocal grazing arrangements in eastern Ethiopia” by Fekadu Beyene (2020; Development and Change 41 (1): 107–129) examines how customary tenure provides a basis for reciprocal access arrangements and facilitates access to grazing resources in order to adapt to changing conditions. A literature review on range ecology and governance guided the […]
Pastoral land alienation in Southern Ethiopia
Because of misconceptions about pastoral production in Ethiopia, policymakers regard pastoral lands as underused and needing ‘development’. Policies have favoured externally imposed development schemes that often expropriate pastoralists in favour of large-scale commercial activities. Resource alienation and curtailment of mobility have made the pastoral systems less resilient. The paper “Putting pastoralists on the policy agenda: […]
Challenges of community-based NRM in rangelands
The paper “The challenges of community-based natural resource management in pastoral rangelands” (2021) by Lance Robinson et al, published in Society & Natural Resources 34(9): 1213–1231, compares five case studies – two from Kenya, two from Ethiopia and one from Tunisia – to identify contextual aspects that affect the implementation of community-based natural resource management […]