Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure (page 13)
Pastoralism: making variability work
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published “Pastoralism: making variability work” (2021, Animal Production & Health Paper 185, 58pp) written by Saverio Krätli and Ilse Koehler-Rollefsen with comments and guidance from FAO staff and pastoralist specialists worldwide. Pastoral systems have evolved to function with the natural environment and therefore with […]
Pastoralism is the future – animated video
Man-made climate change is creating conditions on our planet that are increasingly characterised by variability and unpredictability. Pastoralists use variability to their advantage. Their production systems guide us to a sustainable future. Find out how they do it in this 2:23-min animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqITzac9Ac This video film was created by Cartoonbase and realised by CELEP […]
Cross-border activities for livelihood security in the Horn of Africa
Pastoralist communities have long carried out a wide range of cross-border activities to protect their livelihoods and livestock production systems in order to cope with the recurrent climatic variations typical of dryland environments. However, there is limited understanding of the nature, magnitude and value of these cross-border livelihood activities in the Horn of Africa. National […]
Improving pastoral tenure security in East Africa
The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has produced a 2-page Outcome Note, written by Fiona Flintan of ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), on “Improving tenure security for pastoralists in East Africa” (Oct 2020). It gives a very brief summary of PIM support […]
IGAD transhumance protocol endorsed
In November 2020, the Council of agriculture ministers from the eight Members States (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) endorsed a protocol on transhumance to facilitate cross-border movement of pastoralists and their herds. The process of drawing up the protocol was informed by the African […]