Pastoralism & Services (page 1)
Ngorongoro Maasai community meets with President of Tanzania
On 1 December 2924, 150 Maasai delegates from Ngorongoro, Loliondo and Sale met with Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the State House in Arusha. Over the last two years, different actors have been urging the Government of Tanzania to create space for dialogue between the Government and Maasai communities living in Ngorongoro and Loliondo […]
How pastoralist youth learn for improved livelihoods in Ethiopia
A paper prepared by Kaleb Kelemu and colleagues for the 13th International Conference on Education and Development “Learning for sustainable futures: making the connections” focused on “Understanding how rural youth learn knowledge and skills for improved livelihoods: comparing case studies of mixed farming and pastoralist communities in Ethiopia” (14pp). It went beyond the usual focus […]
Guidelines for participatory water management in Karamoja
The Guidelines for participatory water management and development in Karamoja (2024, 62pp), by Adrian Cullis and Raphael Lotira Arasio, were developed by the Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU)/Tufts University (USA). They provide a 3-phase and 12-step approach for preparing sub-county water plans in the Karamoja subregion of Uganda, where agropastoralism is the primary livelihood, to […]
How climate information services can help pastoralists in the Horn of Africa
The policy brief “How climate information services (CIS) can help pastoralists in the Horn of Africa” (2024, 11pp) by Claire Bedelian, published by SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises), explores the challenges pastoralists face when using climate information services (CIS). Despite the growing availability of CIS, their use remains limited among […]
Green transition & pastoralists in Eastern Africa
The Directorate-General for External Policies (DG EXPO) of the European Parliament published a commissioned report “Opportunities and challenges of the green transition for pastoralism and indigenous people in Africa” (2024) that focuses primarily on the situation of pastoralists in Eastern Africa. The publication includes the study report (42pp) by Jonathan Davies and the proceedings of […]