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Edward Loure wins Goldman Environmental Prize
Edward Loure and his grassroots organisation Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) – a partner of CELEP – have pioneered an approach that gives land titles to indigenous communities – instead of individuals – in northern Tanzania, ensuring the environmental stewardship of the pastoral land for future generations. Goldman Environmental Prize recipients focus on protecting endangered […]
Camel milk, capital and gender in Kenya
At the 2011 Camel Conference held by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, to examine, document and celebrate camel cultures from around the world, the paper “Camel milk, capital and gender: the changing dynamics of pastoralist dairy markets in Kenya” was presented. Camel milk used to be a food produced […]
Rangeland resource conflict in northern Kenya & southern Ethiopia
Household-level surveys revealed that conflict over land and water among pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia is relatively rare, according to the study Resource conflict in the rangeland: evidence from northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia (Research Brief 04-08-PARIMA 2004, 4pp) by PARIMA (Pastoral Risk Management). Resource conflict in this region appears to be associated […]
CapEx on supporting pastoral development in Africa
In 2015, the Pastoralism subgroup of the Agriculture and Food Security Network of SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) worked through a process of “Capitalisation of Experiences in Supporting Pastoral Development – Addressing Vulnerabilities of Pastoralist Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa”. The final products of this CapEx process included nine briefs written by SDC Programme Officers (see […]
Impacts of index-based livestock insurance in Ethiopia & Kenya
Development institutions have invested millions in developing and piloting index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) because they see large potential benefits for reducing risk for rural households in developing countries, especially in arid and semiarid areas. An IBLI scheme was launched in Eastern Africa in 2010. The Index Insurance Innovation Initiative (University of California Davis) seeks to […]