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Strengthening capacity of Tanzanian livestock-keepers association
In the blog “Strengthening the capacity of Olengapa Livestock Association to better manage Olengapa cluster on a sustainable basis” (Jan. 2019), the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) reports on how the Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) project facilitated the democratic process of Olengapa Livestock Keepers Association (OLKA) members to elect their leaders and gave leadership training […]
Communal rangeland grabbing in Sudan
In the article “Exploring the spatio-temporal processes of communal rangeland grabbing in Sudan” (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2018 8:14), Hussein Sulieman gives insights into the location and evolution of acquisition of communal rangeland for mechanised agriculture in the Butana area of eastern Sudan. Using data based on satellite imagery, ground surveys and […]
Supporting pastoral mobility in East & West Africa
Livestock mobility is crucial for ensuring high livestock productivity, market access and building prosperous and peaceful societies in the drylands. CELEP member IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) and its partners documented several successful initiatives to facilitate livestock mobility and experimented with scenario planning to help empower pastoralists and allow them to influence decisions […]
Socio-ecological impacts of large-scale interventions in Omo-Turkana Basin
In their paper “Social-ecological change in the Omo-Turkana Basin: a synthesis of current developments”, published in Ambio (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-139-3) in January 2019, Jennifer Hodbod, Edward Stevenson et al synthesise current available knowledge on the impacts of the Gibe III dam and associated large-scale commercial farming in the Omo-Turkana Basin in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. The […]
Cropping by Borana agropastoralists in Ethiopia
The study on “Challenges and contributions of crop production in agro-pastoral systems of Borana Plateau, Ethiopia” by Abera Tilahun et al, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2017 7:2, investigated how Borana agropastoralists in southern Ethiopia are looking to crop production to reduce their vulnerability to uncertain climatic conditions and reduced access to grazing […]