Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 63)
Maasai-owned market and slaughterhouse
The Keekenyoike Market and Slaughterhouse is a community-owned business established by a group of 16 Maasai in 1981 in Kajiado County in southeast Kenya. The slaughterhouse is an example of innovation and learning in community-managed livestock enterprises. It was designed to function as a social enterprise with strong social social-insurance mechanisms for the local community. […]
Tradition in transition in Karamoja, Uganda
A report by researchers with Tufts University looks at the profound shifts undergone by customary authority in the Karamoja region of Uganda with the changes in livelihoods and security conditions in the area over the past decades. Funded by Irish Aid Kampala, the study examines the evolution of customary authority among the Jie, Dodoth, Matheniko […]
Lamu Port corridor threatens pastoralists
In 2012, a member of the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Kanyinke Sena, explored the potential impacts of the LAPSSET infrastructure project on hunter-gatherers (Awer, Sanye), pastoralists (Orma, Wardei, Samburu, Borana) and pastoral-fisherfolk around Lake Turkana (Elmolo, Turkana). The report “Lamu Port–South Sudan– Ethiopia […]
The land we graze: pastoralists defend their rights
In 2011, the report The land we graze: a synthesis of case studies about how pastoralists’ organizations defend their land rights was published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (IUCN–ESARO). It analyses and synthesises case studies from 17 partners in four continents who are […]
Turkana seen through a complexity lens
On behalf of Oxfam GB Kenya, Jean Boulton from the University of Bath, UK, carried out research in April–June 2012 to look at development interventions in Turkana in North Kenya through a “complexity lens” to see what insights or suggestions would come to light. She explored how complexity thinking could be relevant and practical for […]