Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 51)
Investing in the Horn’s drylands for food security & development
After decades of comparative neglect, the Horn of Africa is experiencing unprecedented investment. Large-scale infrastructure projects now dominate national development plans. They provide an opportunity to reduce long-standing inequalities in provision of public goods and services. However, some investments have widened social differentiation in pastoral areas: a few benefit, but the percentage of poor and […]
Social protection in pastoral areas of the Horn
Vulnerability and poverty levels seem to be deepening in many pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa, despite increasing livestock commercialisation and market integration. The recent economic investments in pastoral areas have not led to benefits in terms of food security and better nutrition. Chronically food-insecure people cannot engage in more productive livestock-keeping or other […]
Contested margins of Afar Triangle in the Horn
The “Afar Triangle” straddles Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. For over a century, it has been at the centre of state building and contestation between state and society. Its current relevance lies in the overlapping contestations of power, economic development and nationhood that mark the struggles of the Afar people with […]
Changing climates, changing lives: pastoral adaptation strategies in Ethiopia
The report Changing climate, changing lives (2010) explores the implications of climate change for pastoralists and agropastoralists in Ethiopia and Mali. Pastoral households are finding it increasingly difficult to tackle current climate risks and meet their food and nutrition needs. Actors investing in climate change adaptation need to pay more attention to local-level changes in […]
Pastoralist Survey Method and its application in Ethiopia
Action Contre La Faim (ACF) was among the first NGOs to use the Standardized Monitoring Assessment of Relief Transitions (SMART) method for conducting emergency nutrition surveys in Ethiopia. Pastoralist populations are vulnerable to nutrition-related risks caused by factors such as drought, animal disease, market disruption and border closure. Without a suitable method to conduct nutrition […]