Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure (page 15)
50 years of research on pastoralism & development
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in the UK has issued a collection of IDS Bulletin articles that reflects on 50 years of research on pastoralism at IDS. The “end of pastoralism” was proclaimed widely in the 1970s, yet pastoralism has survived as a successful, resilient livelihood adapted to some of the harshest environments on […]
Historical ecologies of overgrazing in Kenya
The spectre of “overgrazing” looms large in historical and political narratives of ecological degradation in savannah ecosystems. While pastoral exploitation is a conspicuous driver of landscape variability and modification, assumptions that such change is inevitable or necessarily negative deserve to be continuously evaluated and challenged. With reference to three case studies in Kenya – the […]
Call to EU to adapt COVID-19 response in pastoral areas
7 May 2020: During the current coronavirus crisis, many African governments have enforced lockdowns: halting public life, disrupting supply chains and closing markets. The governments want to flatten the curve of infection with the virus so as to prevent the public healthcare systems from being completely overwhelmed by huge flows of people needing treatment. The […]
Alternative scales for formalising communal land tenure by Borana in Ethiopia
A research team from ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), LARMAT (Dept of Land Resources Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi) and the Yabelo Pastoral & Dryland Agricultural Research Institute published the paper “An assessment of the implications of alternative scales of communal land tenure formalization in pastoral systems” in Land Use Policy 94 (2020) […]
Framework for One Health service in Turkana, Kenya
Pastoralists in Eastern Africa have limited access to public services because of economic and political marginalisation and limited health infrastructure in dryland areas. Kenya has institutionalised One Health at national level to integrate human and animal health service delivery but progress at subnational level has been limited because of sustainability concerns, competing priorities and insufficient […]