Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 63)
Pastoral land in southern Ethiopa up for grabs
The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development commissioned a survey of the “best investment opportunity“ in South Omo in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) Region. All four districts surveyed are (agro-)pastoral areas. Maps and a very brief description of the investment areas can be found here: South Omo Investment Area. The date […]
Land tenure issues in the Horn
The Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA) held a conference in 1997 on “Pastoral Land Tenure Issues in the Horn of Africa”. The abstracts of presentations on land tenure in Ethiopia generally, Somali and Afar Regions of Ethiopia, in Sahil and Barka Provinces in Eritrea and in Eastern and Western Sudan […]
Pastoralism: a critical asset for food security
Animal Frontiers, a review magazine on animal agriculture, has published a special issue on the contribution of animal production to global food security. One of the articles, “Pastoralism: a critical asset for food security under global climate change”, examines the role that pastoralism plays in relation to food security, particularly in the face of increased […]
Dealing with crisis in the Horn
In view of the recent crisis in the Horn of Africa, the February 2012 special feature of the journal Humanitarian Exchange published by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) argues for a review of the entire aid system. This needs to be focused on longer-term programmes that build resilience and thus reduce the risk of crisis and […]
Boran use lIvestock-based indicators to assess rangeland quality
In Marsabit Central District in northern Kenya, a study of Borana herders’ indigenous monitoring and assessment of rangeland quality found that the herders have considerable ecological knowledge, which focuses on livestock-based indicators at the level of classified landscapes. The herders’ personal experiences and social memory provided an environmental history of grazing landscapes and perceptions of […]