Pastoral Research & Innovation (page 3)
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 […]
Women’s camel-milk cooperative resilient to drought in Kenya
Camel milk is popular throughout much of Kenya and Somalia. A women’s community initiative in Isiolo in northern Kenya has set up a cooperative to collect, process and market this product. While the venture faces considerable challenges, including a prolonged drought in the region, the Anolei Women’s Camel Dairy Cooperative is determined to further develop […]
Dynamics of camel milk marketing in Kenya
In order to see how pastoralists deal with the uncertainties of their livelihoods, the paper “High quality, high reliability: the dynamics of camel milk marketing in northern Kenya” (2023) by Michele Nori (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy & Practice 13:9, doi.org/10.1186/s13570-022-00265-1) examines the evolution in camel milk marketing. Camel milk has become a key source […]
CELEP contributes to MOOC on pastoralism in development
Pastoral development would benefit greatly from a better understanding of pastoralism by project planners. CELEP member organisation IIED (International Institute for Environment & Development) and Saverio Krätli (editor of Nomadic Peoples) have created a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), funded by Misereor, Germany, as an entry point for navigating the available knowledge on pastoralism, including […]
Innovation in governance among pastoralists: Horn of Africa
The report “Innovation in governance: integrating technical and contextual perspectives to address fragility” (2022, 12pp) by Kamran Hakiman & Chloe Stull-Lane, focuses on how using process innovations can improve decision-making within complex environments in the drylands of Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger and Somalia. The research centres on the participatory multistakeholder approach SHARED (Stakeholder Approach to […]