Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 21)
Borana women’s processing of koche, a traditional meat product
Indigenous meat processing, in particular making koche, plays an important role in the economic and social life of Borana pastoralist women. It contributes to animal-source protein as well as income generation. However, traditional processors face numerous challenges. The study “Status and process analysis of koche, a traditional pastoral meat product in Kenya” (2019) by Grace […]
Revisiting pastoralist Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia
Studies of the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) in the Afar and Somali regions in the Ethiopian lowlands suggest that the PSNP is beset with difficulties. This is deeply concerning, as these predominantly pastoral and agropastoral areas have some of the country’s highest levels of poverty and food insecurity and it is difficult to find […]
Pastoralists as family farmers
To mark the beginning of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–28, CELEP combined forces with the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative and the International Support Group (ISG) for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in publishing a 4-page illustrated brief “Pastoralists as family farmers” (March 2019). In the definition of […]
Gendered income & food security in Tanzanian pastoralist households
In her MSc thesis, “The relationship of male and female pastoralist income with household food security and nutrition status in Tanzania: Maasai, Sukuma, and Barabaig ethnic groups” (2018, 77pp), Henriette Gitungwa assesses the relationship between income control by pastoralist men and women and the food security and nutritional status of their families. It is based […]
Expanding cultivation in Northern Tanzania threatens food security
The article “Effects of expansion of cultivation on pastoralism as a food-security measure in Longido District, Northern Tanzania” (2017) by Victoria Anthony Nderumaki et al, published in the International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis 5(6): 159–166), is based on a study to assess the perceived impact of expansion of cultivation on 165 pastoralist respondents […]