Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 26)
Livelihood diversity in Borana pastoralist households in Ethiopia
The paper “Determinants of livelihood diversification strategies in Borena pastoralist communities of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia” by Amare Molla, published in Agriculture & Food Security (2018 7:41), looks into the factors that determine choices of livelihood strategies by Borana pastoralist households in southern Oromia. Data were collected using both qualitative and quantitative methods from 110 household […]
Samburu male youth’s visions for future
Land fragmentation, human population growth, climate change and modernisation create challenges for pastoral livelihoods worldwide. These changes oblige many young pastoralists to make new types of decisions about their future. In the study “Paired comparison of visions for the future among young pastoralists and students in Samburu, Kenya” by Brett Bruyere et al, published in […]
Afar pastoralist households’ resilience to climate change in Ethiopia
Climate change and extremes are major challenges to pastoral production systems. Alternative ways of making a living could determine a pastoralist household’s resilience. The study “Understanding resilience of pastoralists to climate change and variability in the southern Afar Region, Ethiopia” by Muluken Mekuyie et al, published in 2018 in Climate Risk Management 20: 64-77, looked […]
How Somali agropastoralists adapt to climate change
The impact of climate change varies depending on location, adaptive capacity and other socioeconomic and environmental factors. In Somaliland, adverse impacts include recurrent droughts, greater biodiversity loss, encroachment of invasive plants, increased rural–urban migration, loss of soil fertility and higher health risks. The Heinrich Boell Foundation publication The impact of climate change and adoption of […]
Resilience analysis in Karamoja, Uganda
Karamoja region in northeast Uganda was historically a pastoral area. Cultivation of crops, which is less reliable than pastoralism, recently emerged as an additional source of household food and income in some areas. Few households are self-sufficient in terms of food; most rely on bartering for much of their staple food. The region suffers from […]