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Issa pastoralists in Ethiopia: changing livelihoods & conflict
A rapid analysis of Issa pastoralist livelihoods and conflict in the Somali region on Ethiopia was commissioned by Mercy Corps and carried out by the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University. The 96-page report Moving up or moving out? A rapid livelihoods and conflict analysis in Mieso-Mulu Woreda, Shinile Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia (2010) recommends policy […]
Understanding livelihoods to reduce pastoralist vulnerability
The 4-page synthesis of a study on pastoralist vulnerability in the Horn of Africa, Getting it right: understanding livelihoods to reduce the vulnerability of pastoral communities (2009), was brought out by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and REGLAP. It calls for a better understanding of the diversity of pastoral […]
Food safety & informal markets for animal products
Animal products are vital components in the diets and livelihoods of people across sub-Saharan Africa and especially for pastoralists. The book Food safety and informal markets: animal products in sub-Saharan Africa (2014, 260pp) edited by Kristina Roesel and Delia Grace explores issues of food safety, zoonoses and public health involved in the informal marketing of […]
Measuring vulnerability of pastoral households in Kenya
Statistical and econometric tools were used to measure households’ vulnerability in pastoral rangelands in the Turkana area of Kenya. In-depth interviews in over 300 households considered 27 socio-economic and biophysical indicators of climate vulnerability and adaptive capacity. The results, published in the article “Measuring household vulnerability to climate-induced stresses in pastoral rangelands of Kenya: implications […]
Valuing variability for climate-resilient dryland development
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) has published a book on climate change and resilience in the drylands of Kenya, India and China. The 90-page publication Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate resilient drylands development (2015) was the result of a partnership with the Rainfed Livestock Network and Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture Network in India, Peking University in […]