Pastoralism & Peacebuilding (page 2)
Effects of Ethiopia–Kenya border on pastoralists’ resource use
The international border between Ethiopia and Kenya does not consider the livelihood and customary practices of local people. The two countries have ethnic groups living in similar ecosystems, sharing similar livelihood systems, trans-clan and transboundary trade networks, and transboundary migratory patterns. Before colonial times, communities moved freely with their herds, but the creation of the […]
Agropastoralists’ voices in Africa’s borderlands
The Africa Borderlands Centre of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) made a mixed-method (qualitative and quantitative) study “Promise, peril and resilience: voices of agropastoralists in Africa’s borderland regions” (2022, 152pp) among communities living in borderland regions in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan and Uganda. In direct testimonies, community members describe […]
Persistence of farmer-herder conflicts in Tanzania
In Kilombero, Kiteto, Rufiji and Kilosa Districts of Tanzania, a study was made of factors that have contributed to persisting conflict between herders and crop farmers. The findings were published by Davis Mwamfupe in the paper “Persistence of farmer-herder conflicts in Tanzania” (2015) in the International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications 5 (2): 339–346. […]
Livelihoods, conflict & mediation: Somalia
The report “Livelihoods, conflict and mediation: Somalia” (2022, 10pp) by Sarah Opitz-Stapleton et al is part of a series highlighting learning from a longitudinal study of violent and non-violent conflict and mediation dynamics in Somalia. The aim of the study is to document and understand the challenges facing local people, particularly around disputes and conflicts, […]
Pastoralism & large-scale green energy projects
Pastoralism-and-large-scale-REnewable-energy-and-green-hydrogen-projects A study commissioned by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Brot für die Welt, Germany, looks at how large-scale solar- and wind-power and green-hydrogen projects affects pastoralists. It seeks to highlight this growing challenge so that: i) policymakers and civil society can shape the expansion of producing renewables in the drylands so that it does […]