Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 30)
Making charcoal to control spread of Prosopis in Kenya
In a Web-based article “Kenyan charcoal businesses trying to nip invasive tree in the bud“ (October 2018) published in Mongabay, Rosalia Omungo describes how the invasive woody species Prosopis juliflora, known in Kenya as mathenge, was introduced to Kenya to restore degraded drylands but has quickly spread in the drylands. Residents in the Turkana area […]
NRM by pastoralists in northern Kenya
The Web article “Shalom empowers Turkana and Pokot communities on management and resolution of natural resource-based conflicts” introduces the Natural Resource Management (NRM) Project being implemented in Turkana and West Pokot Counties in northern Kenya, an area long marked by inter-ethnic conflict caused mainly by competition over access to and control of water, pasture and land. With the […]
Oil and tenure governance in Kenya’s drylands
The case study “Triggering the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Responsible Governance of Tenure in the context of oil extraction in Kenya’s Turkana County” presents the case of the appropriation of pastoral lands by the coming of large-scale oil extractive industry in Turkana, northern Kenya. This case study is meant to inform and raise awareness among local […]
Women’s land rights in Uganda, including Karamoja
Oxfam commissioned a study on “Women’s land rights in northern Uganda (West Nile, Acholi, Lango, Teso and Karamoja)” (2014, 105pp) which was carried out by Christopher Burke & Doreen Nancy Kobusingye. They looked at how women in northern Uganda acquire, own, access, control and manage land, by interviewing about 1200 people, including pastoralist women in […]
Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands
The FAO paper “Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands: reducing risks, addressing vulnerability and enhancing resilience” (2018, 52pp) explores the mounting challenges faced by pastoralists and indicates opportunities to strengthen the resilience of pastoralist livelihoods. Pastoral livestock production is crucial to the livelihoods and the economy of African’s drylands. It is practised in an area covering 43% […]