Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 45)
Impacts of index-based livestock insurance in Ethiopia & Kenya
Development institutions have invested millions in developing and piloting index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) because they see large potential benefits for reducing risk for rural households in developing countries, especially in arid and semiarid areas. An IBLI scheme was launched in Eastern Africa in 2010. The Index Insurance Innovation Initiative (University of California Davis) seeks to […]
Mobile herders and legislation in East & West Africa
As part of the IIED project Securing Pastoralism in East and West Africa: Protecting and Promoting Livestock Mobility, a desk review was made “Review of the legislative and institutional environment governing livestock mobility in East and West Africa” (2008, 58pp). This summarises the legislative and institutional environment governing livestock mobility in East and West Africa […]
Enclosures in Kenyan drylands transforming land & livelihoods
Dryland livestock production is changing as a result of growing human populations and associated pressure on water and land. The article Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya: transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice Vol. 5, 2015) is based on both social and natural science research. It looks at […]
Good practice principles for water and irrigation in the Horn
Based on existing studies and recent reviews by DLCI (Drylands Learning and Capacity Building Initiative for Improved Policy and Practice in the Horn of Africa) and FAO, the brief Good practice principles on planning for water and irrigation for crop agriculture in the drylands of the Horn of Africa (2015, 16pp) provides some principles and lessons […]
Continuity & change among Maasai herders in Kenya
In the article Continuity and change within the social-ecological and political landscape of the Maasai Mara, Kenya (published in Pastoralism, 2016), the lens of continuity and change in applied to understand how Maasai herders interpret environmental change. It explores traditional rangeland indicators used by the herders and highlights some forces of change that constrain them […]