Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 34)
How do pastoralists participate in project planning and M&E?
Starting in the mid-1990s, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ, now called GIZ, with “I” standing for “International”) developed guidelines and shared experiences in participatory approaches to interacting with pastoralists in development projects, for example, in the two publications: Planning with pastoralists: PRA and more (1994, 99pp) Participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) with pastoralists […]
Governance of rangelands – with case from northern Kenya
The 2017 review by Claire Bedelian of the book The governance of rangelands: collective action for sustainable pastoralism (2014, 300pp, edited by Pedro Herrera, Jonathan Davies & Pablo Manzano) includes an abstract of a chapter by Guyo Roba on “Strengthening communal governance of rangelands in Northern Kenya”: “In Chapter 11, Roba gives an example of […]
Resilience & innovation in the Horn of Africa
The publication “Resilience Focus 3” (2016, 78pp), produced by IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) and DLCI (Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiative for Improved Policy and Practice in the Horn of Africa), highlights key resilience issues in the drylands of the Horn, such as natural resource management, market access and finance services, livelihood support and basic […]
World Bank: Investing in pastoralism 20 years ago
For an historical perspective on pastoral development in Africa, look at the World Bank Technical Paper 365 “Investing in pastoralism: sustainable resource use in arid Africa and the Middle East”, by David Pratt, Francois Le Gall & Cees de Haan (1997, 174pp). The first part deals with natural resource management (NRM), different pastoral systems, assessment […]
How Kenya’s herders got their livestock insured
In a feature article “How Kenya’s herders got their livestock insured” in the online publication Rethink Earth (Resilience Thinking for Global Development), Lucas Larsen writes about the challenges that ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) scientists are facing in developing insurance for pastoralists in the drylands of Kenya. He relates how it took several tries and […]