Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 27)
Pastoralists in northern Kenya diversify their sources of income
Research in northern Kenya shows that livestock herding remains the most important income-earning activity for pastoralist households, even though non-livestock activities make a significant contribution to household income. The paper “Managing livelihood risks: income diversification and the livelihood strategies of households in pastoral settlements in Isiolo County, Kenya” by Gargule Andrew Achiba, published in Pastoralism Research, Policy […]
Social protection among Afar pastoralists in Ethiopia
In 2015, the Ethiopian Government introduced the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) in pastoral areas of the country, such as Afar Region. As part of the Social Protection for Inclusive Development in Afar (SPIDA) project, a study was made of the programme’s contribution to reducing poverty, improving food security and providing better social services. It […]
Land-use changes threatening pastoralism in East Africa
Pastoralism in Eastern Africa is threatened by various trends in land use: expansion of arable farming, pastures enclosure, nature conservation initiatives, tourism and extraction of natural resources. The CELEP policy brief “Sustainable pastoralism and land-use change in the East African drylands” (2018, 6pp) examines how these changes in land use have a negative impact on […]
How Europe could support pastoral dairying in Eastern Africa
Most pastoral development interventions focus on meat production. Greater emphasis on dairying could improve human nutrition in the drylands and strengthen pastoralist women’s role as traditional managers of milk and innovators in dairy marketing. The CELEP brief “Pastoral dairying in Eastern Africa: how could Europe support it?” (2018, 6pp) reviews documents about dairy development in the […]
Differing images of Nyangatom pastoralism in south Ethiopia
The article “Making sense of past, present and future: images of modern and past pastoralism among Nyangatom herders in South Omo, Ethiopia” by Jill Blau (2018, 11pp, published in the journal Land*), asks how Nyangatom pastoralists currently regard the past, present and future of their pastoralist livelihood. Like all agropastoralist groups in southern Ethiopia, the […]