Pastoralism & Marketing (page 2)
Dynamics of camel milk marketing in Kenya
In order to see how pastoralists deal with the uncertainties of their livelihoods, the paper “High quality, high reliability: the dynamics of camel milk marketing in northern Kenya” (2023) by Michele Nori (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy & Practice 13:9, doi.org/10.1186/s13570-022-00265-1) examines the evolution in camel milk marketing. Camel milk has become a key source […]
Ethiopian National Drylands Restoration Strategy
CELEP member PENHA (Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa) has collaborated with CIFOR-ICRAF and Tropenbos International to produce the Ethiopian National Drylands Restoration Strategy (2022, 82pp). Development of this strategy was overseen and endorsed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Ethiopian Forestry Development. The strategy addresses four thematic areas: i) integrated […]
Assessing policy frame in pastoral areas of sub-Saharan Africa
The policy paper “Assessing the policy frame in pastoral areas of sub-Saharan Africa” (2022, 39pp) by Michele Nori, is one in a series of the Robert Schuman Centre’s Global Governance Programme at the European University Institute looking at the framing of policy around pastoralism in different regions of the world. This one was funded through […]
Factors influencing migration & settlement of pastoralists in Nairobi
Pastoralism faces numerous challenges, including land-use and land-tenure change that diminish grazing land and conversion of traditional grazing lands into other uses such as settlements. Urbanisation is one of the key drivers of pastoral system dynamics. Understanding such dynamics in the face of compounding factors such as frequent droughts linked to climate change is key […]
Sugar estates destroy Bodi pastoralism in Ethiopia
The article “Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley” by Fana Gebresenbet, published in Pastoralism 11:22 (2021), shows that the Bodi, a small agropastoral community in southern Ethiopia, are experiencing collective impoverishment and are selling their livestock out of distress. This is due to the rapid […]