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01/09/2023
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Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
19/03/2022
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UN declared IYRP in 2026 !
On 15 March 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP). This final approval is the culmination of an IYRP movement that grew over several years to become a global coalition of over 300 pastoralist and supporting organisations. CELEP – through its member organisation Agrecol Association […]
01/06/2021
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Pastoralism is the future – animated video
Man-made climate change is creating conditions on our planet that are increasingly characterised by variability and unpredictability. Pastoralists use variability to their advantage. Their production systems guide us to a sustainable future. Find out how they do it in this 2:23-min animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqITzac9Ac This video film was created by Cartoonbase and realised by CELEP […]
28/09/2017
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How Kenya’s herders got their livestock insured
In a feature article “How Kenya’s herders got their livestock insured” in the online publication Rethink Earth (Resilience Thinking for Global Development), Lucas Larsen writes about the challenges that ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) scientists are facing in developing insurance for pastoralists in the drylands of Kenya. He relates how it took several tries and […]
26/09/2017
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How local traders link pastoralists to market in north Kenya
The article “Manoeuvring through difficult terrain: how local traders link pastoralists to markets” by Guyo Roba et al, published in the Journal of Rural Studies 54 (2017): 85–97, looks at the role of pastoralists, traders, brokers, transporters and other actors in pastoral meat-supply chains. Projects to “link pastoralists to markets” in northern Kenya focus on […]
26/09/2017
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Why pastoralists keep camels in Karamoja, Uganda
The article “Socio-economic determinants of pastoralists’ choice of camel production in Karamoja sub-region, Uganda” (2017) by Jenipher Biira Salamula et al (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 7:26) tries to explain why pastoralists in Karamoja choose to rear camels in their search for improved food and income security. A total of 116 respondents were interviewed in […]
03/09/2017
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Enhancing climate-change adaptation in Karamoja, Uganda
Climate change will have significant impacts on economic activity in Uganda but can also provide new possibilities for people and businesses, e.g. to create new products and services, develop new markets and access new funding streams and finance mechanisms. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Working Paper 513 “Enhancing climate change development programmes in Uganda: Karamoja […]
03/09/2017
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Sociocultural impacts of Prosopis on Afar pastoralists in Ethiopia
In the article “Reimagining invasions: the social and cultural impacts of Prosopis on pastoralists in southern Afar, Ethiopia”, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2017, 7:22), Paul Rogers, Fiona Nunan and Abiy Addisu Fentie look at the sociocultural dimensions of the invasive plant species Prosopis julifloras. They present the perceptions of Afar pastoralists and […]