Pastoralism & Services (page 2)
Contextualised education for Somali pastoralist children
In two e-articles in the UKFIET Education and Development Forum, Abdirazak Haybe, an education specialist based in Somali Region of Ethiopia, highlights the importance of pastoralist education for inclusive development of mobile and marginalised communities living in remote areas. He outlines the barriers faced by children in Somali pastoralist communities and calls for contextualised and […]
Economic contribution of pastoral meat trade in northern Kenya
The study “Economic contribution of the pastoral meat trade in Isiolo Town, Kenya” (2015, 32pp) by BC Gituku and colleagues uses a total economic valuation approach to characterise the economic contribution of pastoral meat production to the economy of Isiolo Town. It is based on semi-structured and key-informant interviews with livestock traders, brokers, butchers, transporters, […]
Mobile health service for Afar & Somali pastoralists in Ethiopia
The Mobile Health Service (MHS) has been piloted as a strategy to make human healthcare more easily accessible to mobile pastoralists in Ethiopia. The study “Mobile health service as an alternative modality for hard‑to‑reach pastoralist communities of Afar and Somali regions in Ethiopia” (2023) by Kasahun Eba et al., published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and […]
Participatory ward development planning in dryland Kenya
In the past, pastoralists’ limited participation in government planning processes led to misguided development interventions that undermined livelihoods and increase vulnerability. The brief “Participatory planning in Kenya’ drylands: the Ward Development Planning model” (2023, 12pp) by Claire Bedelian et al of the Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) programme, describes a bottom-up […]
One Health in Turkana, Kenya
In the CABI series of One Health cases, Evan Griffith and colleagues in the Turkana County Government Directorate of Veterinary Services have published the case of “One Health in Turkana, Kenya: applications and lessons learned” (2023, 15pp). The marginalisation of pastoralist communities in northern Kenya, including the lack of basic infrastructure and services, compounded by […]