Pastoral Research & Innovation (page 7)
PASTRES seeks global lessons from pastoralist responses to uncertainty
PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience: Global Lessons from the Margins) is a 5-year research project (2018–23) funded through an ERC (European Research Council) Advanced Grant. It is hosted by the STEPS Centre at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK, and the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Drawing insights from across […]
Knowledge sovereignty among Beni-Amer herders in the Horn
Beni-Amer cattle herders in the western part of the Horn of Africa (mainly in eastern Sudan) are “knowledge sovereign” in terms of owning productive genes of cattle and the cognitive knowledge base crucial to sustainable development. The strong bonds between the Beni-Amer, their animals and their environment constitute the basis of their ways of knowing. […]
Pastoralist Field Schools improve pasture management in the Horn
During the past two decades, FAO and its partners have conducted Pastoralist Field Schools (PFSs) in the Horn of Africa. The brief document “Improving pasture management in arid and semi-arid lands in the Horn of Africa through Pastoralist Field Schools” (2018, 4pp) describes how their recent work with PFSs in Kenya (Mandera and Kajiado Counties) […]
Innovative ways to reduce farmer-herder conflicts
Procasur Corporation*, IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development), ILC (International Land Coalition), ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), the Land Portal Foundation and RECONCILE (Resource Conflict Institute) co-organised a week-long Learning Route (LR) in September 2017 about reducing conflicts between crop farmers and livestock keepers. The Value Chain Development Project (VCDP) in Nigeria had requested to […]
Decision matrix for development interventions in pastoral areas
In the article “Development interventions in pastoralist areas: a new decision matrix to identify win-win situations and no-go zones” published in the web-based journal Solutions (2017, Vol. 8, No. 3), Pablo Manzano introduces a methodology to allow outsiders from development programmes to quickly comprehend the logic of pastoral systems. This involves a respectful bottom-up approach […]