Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 60)
Counting on uncertainty in North-East Kenya
In a semi-arid part of Kenya, the new economics foundation (nef) and CARE International explored whether the benefits created by projects investing in climate-change adaptation outweigh their implementation and opportunity costs. Adaptation interventions pushed by multilateral donors often focus on so-called “hard” adaptation measures at macro scale, such as infrastructural investment. The study “Counting on […]
Managing famine risk: linking early warning to action
The project on Translating Early Warning of Food Crises into Early Action has issued a report on “Managing famine risk: linking early warning to early action” (2013; full report 114 pp; executive summary, 8 pp). It shows that, despite strong economic growth in many countries of the Horn and Sahel, environmental and demographic changes coupled to […]
Pastoral livelihoods and wildlife revenues in East Africa
The East African drylands are home to both pastoralists and wildlife, attracting substantial conservation and tourism revenues, yet the pastoralists remain poor and the wildlife is declining. Donor interventions seek “win-win” solutions through conservation with development. The article “Pastoralist livelihoods and wildlife revenues in East Africa: a case for coexistence?” in a special issue of […]
ThinkSpace: Resilience in the Horn of Africa
On 23 January 2013 in Nairobi, a ThinkSpace on “Resilience in the Horn of Africa” was organised by REGLAP (Regional Learning and Advocacy Programme for Vulnerable Dryland Communities) and IAWG (Inter-Agency Working Group on Disaster Preparedness for East and Central Africa). The aim was to review how different actors have progressed in developing a resilience […]
Is there a future for pastoralism in East Africa?
Based on its many years’ work with pastoralists in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) Germany brought out a position paper (2011) on pastoral animal husbandry in East Africa. It clearly sees a future for the pastoralist lifestyle and economic system. It recognises the myriad challenges faced by pastoralists but also the opportunities […]