Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 62)
New Swiss strategy for the Horn of Africa
The website of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) on their work in the Horn of Africa was recently updated to reflect the new Swiss strategy for the Horn (2013–16), which focuses on Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The strategy combines long-term development cooperation with existing humanitarian programmes. The four main areas of intervention […]
Challenges to pastoralism under the new Kenyan constitution
The 10th Kenya Pastoralists’ Week (KPW) was held in December 2012 in Isiolo County under the banner “Empowering pastoralists to participate in values-driven leadership”. This annual event is organised by a team composed of the Centre for Minority Rights Development (CEMIRIDE), the Pastoral Development Network for Kenya (PDNK), the Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC), the Resource […]
Pastoralism: a critical asset for food security
Animal Frontiers, a review magazine on animal agriculture, has published a special issue on the contribution of animal production to global food security. One of the articles, “Pastoralism: a critical asset for food security under global climate change”, examines the role that pastoralism plays in relation to food security, particularly in the face of increased […]
Social services for pastoralists
The state of provision of social services to pastoralists is one of the most evident signs of marginalisation and exclusion by national policymakers. Mobility and difficult physical environment are often used as excuses for underdevelopment of these services in pastoral areas. Nevertheless, various innovative approaches to providing social services to pastoralists have come to light […]
Women & pastoralism
The IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) Livestock Thematic Paper Women and pastoralism highlights the issues arising from the Global Gathering of Women Pastoralists in 2010, which brought together over 100 women from herding communities in over 30 countries to discuss the social, economic, political and ecological challenges faced by pastoralist women and girls. The […]