Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 50)
Index-based livestock insurance in Kenya and Ethiopia
In the report “Scaling up index insurance for smallholder farmers: recent evidence and insights” (2015, 30pp) brought out by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the fifth case study is on index-based livestock insurance for pastoralists in Kenya and Ethiopia. ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), in partnership with Cornell […]
Transforming pastoral livelihoods in eastern Africa
Lands of the future: transforming pastoral lands and livelihoods in eastern Africa by Jon Abbink, Kelly Askew, Dereje Feyissa Dori, Elliot Fratkin, Echi Christina Gabbert, John Galaty, Shauna LaTosky, Jean Lydall, Hussein A. Mahmoud, John Markakis, Günther Schlee, Ivo Strecker & David Turton Working Paper 154 (2014, 28pp), Integration & Conflict Dept, Max Planck Institute […]
Land investment, pastoralist rights & conflict in the Horn
A two-day international conference on “Large-scale agricultural investments in pastoral lowlands of the Horn of Africa: implications for minority rights and pastoral conflicts” was organised by Addis Ababa University’s Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) in 2013. The 322-page book based on this conference, entitled A delicate balance: land use, minority rights and social stability […]
Impact of Cordaid’s support to pastoralists in Kenya & Ethiopia
Under the umbrella of Partos, a Dutch platform of civil society organisations (CSOs) engaged in international development, Cordaid, Hivos and ICCO designed a joint evaluation of their support to “indigenous peoples”, focusing on political and land rights, women’s rights, livelihoods and people’s organisation. Case studies were made of Cordaid-supported work in Ethiopia and Kenya, Hivos-supported […]
Pastoral livestock trade & growth in Ethiopia
The export of livestock and livestock products from Ethiopia has increased greatly in recent years. Pastoralist areas supply most of the animals for export. The Future Agricultures Policy Brief 72 “Pastoral livestock trade and growth in Ethiopia” (2014, 11pp) argues that, if this supply is to be maintained or increased, specific livestock policy support is […]