Welcome to the website of the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP), an informal advocacy group of European organisations and specialists partnering with pastoralist organisations and specialists in Eastern Africa. The members and partners of the Coalition combine forces to lobby their national governments and European and Eastern African bodies to explicitly recognise and support pastoralism and pastoralists in the drylands of Eastern Africa. We are also in the core team of the international movement that succeeded in gaining UN designation of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists in 2026. On this website for our Coalition, you can find the latest news, documents and articles related to the activities and interests of CELEP.
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27/11/2018
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Cropping by Borana agropastoralists in Ethiopia
The study on “Challenges and contributions of crop production in agro-pastoral systems of Borana Plateau, Ethiopia” by Abera Tilahun et al, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2017 7:2, investigated how Borana agropastoralists in southern Ethiopia are looking to crop production to reduce their vulnerability to uncertain climatic conditions and reduced access to grazing […]
27/11/2018
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Livelihood diversification in pastoral areas in far-west Ethiopia
The study “Livelihood strategies and diversification in western tip pastoral areas of Ethiopia” by Yilebes Addisu, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2017 7:9), sought to identify the livelihood strategies and diversification status of people living in Lare Woreda (District) in the western tip of Ethiopia. A survey of 133 sample households and four […]
26/11/2018
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Pastoral project & territorial conflict in southern Kenya
Interventions in the name of development often simplify complex social realities, lose sight of the relational dynamics beyond the “target group” and thus may contribute to conflict. The article “Territorial conflicts, agency and the strategic appropriation of interventions in Kenya’s southern drylands” by Angela Kronenburg Garcia (published in Sustainability 2018, 10(11), 4156) examines how a […]
26/11/2018
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Kenya-Ethiopia MoU on cross-border animal health
The “Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on cross-border cooperation on animal health and sanitary measures” (2016, 8pp) was designed to enhance bilateral cooperation and joint coordination on cross-border animal health issues and sanitary measures to improve the livelihoods of […]
26/11/2018
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MoU on cross-border animal health in Karamoja
The main beneficiaries of the “Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of South Sudan and the Republic of Uganda on cross-border animal health coordination” (2016, 16pp) are transhumant pastoralists and other livestock farmers in the areas of the “Karamoja cluster”: the Karamojong […]
