Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 37)
Resolving farmer–pastoralist conflict in Tanzania
Land-use conflict is not a new phenomenon for pastoralists and farmers in Tanzania, with killing of people and livestock often featuring in the news. Various actors, including NGOs, have tried to address crop farmer–pastoralist conflict through mass education programmes, land-use planning, policy reforms and developing community institutions, but these efforts have not been successful. According […]
Strengthening community land regulations in Kenya
Land-Sector Non-State Actors (LSNSA) have been engaged in developing and implementing the Community Land Act in Kenya. Since its enactment in August 2016, LSNSA members have reviewed and simplified the contents of the law to create awareness and for roundtable and workshop discussions so as to promote understanding of the law and generate proposals to […]
Households balancing risks & returns for resilience in Darfur
The Feinstein International Center of Tufts University is conducting a series of studies on resilience in the context of Darfur Region of Sudan. The report “Risks and returns: household priorities for resilient livelihoods in Darfur” (2016, 112pp including Arabic summary) examines how numerous shocks of various types over the past 15 years have affected specific […]
Pastoralist community perceptions of land-use changes in southern Kenya
Resource-use changes in rangeland ecosystems have triggered ecological, social and economic dynamics that often have adverse effects on pastoralists. The study “Community perceptions on spatio-temporal land use changes in the Amboseli ecosystem, southern Kenya”, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2016 6:24), applied an integrated approach using local knowledge and spatial technologies to assess […]
Innovation in managing natural & social capital in Kenyan group ranches
The paper “Tracing innovation pathways in the management of natural and social capital on Laikipia Maasai Group Ranches, Kenya”, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2016: 6:16), looks at changes in resource management since group ranches (GRs) were established in Kenya starting in the 1960s. A case study of a GR in Laikipia County […]