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Achieving sustainable development impact among pastoralists in Ethiopia
The Pastoral Risk Management (PARIMA) project worked on the Borana Plateau of southern Ethiopia from 2000 to 2009. It used participatory methods to learn about development needs and apply the knowledge gained to benefit local communities. The report “Achieving sustainable development impact among pastoral and agro-pastoral people”, published by the Ethiopian Society for Animal Production […]
Collective action, innovation & wealth generation by Kenyan pastoral women
When people join to tackle problems of common interest, this is collective action – a phenomenon often observed among poorer residents of densely populated urban areas or farming systems but seldom in sparsely populated rangelands, where pastoralists are better known for their social independence and opportunistic behaviour. The article “Collective action, innovation, and wealth generation […]
Pastoralist livestock and local livelihoods in Sudan
Pastoralist livestock production is an important element of Sudan’s economy. This is highlighted in a report Standing wealth: pastoralist livestock production and local livelihoods in Sudan, brought out by the Feinstein International Institute (Tufts University) and UNEP, authored by Saverio Krätli, Omer Hassan el Dirani and Helen Young, with Samira Mohammed Ahmed, Osman Mohammed Babiker, […]
Possible eviction of pastoralist communities in Tanzania
The Government of Tanzania has developed a controversial plan to subdivide the Loliondo Game Controlled Area as a measure to end its long-standing land dispute with the Maasai pastoralist community. The Government decided to split the 4000 sq.km area into two parts: the Maasai are to be allocated 2500 sq. km, while the 1500 sq. […]
Pastoral adaptation to climate change: Ethiopians learn in Mali
Ethiopians from five partner organisations in the Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) visited Mali in 2011 to learn about good practices in pastoral adaptation to the effects of climate change. The hosts were DCG Mali and the Malian Arid Lands Development Organisation (MALDO). In Nioro du Sahel and Nara in northern Mali, they learned how the […]