Pastoral Research & Innovation (page 11)
Making the most of Prosopis in the Horn of Africa
In November 2014 a regional conference was held in Addis Ababa entitled “Exploring Prosopis Management and Policy Options in the Horn of Africa”. It was organised by CELEP member PENHA (Pastoral & Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa) in partnership with IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) and the Ethiopian Agropastoralist Development Association at […]
Index-based livestock insurance in Kenya and Ethiopia
In the report “Scaling up index insurance for smallholder farmers: recent evidence and insights” (2015, 30pp) brought out by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), the fifth case study is on index-based livestock insurance for pastoralists in Kenya and Ethiopia. ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), in partnership with Cornell […]
Knowledge management & research for resilience in Horn of Africa
This 18-page Technical Brief 5 Knowledge management & research for resilience in the drylands of the Horn of Africa (2013) is part of a series prepared by the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought in the Horn of Africa led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It explores the issues around knowledge management: what […]
Award-winning article on pastoral women in Kenya & Ethiopia
The PARIMA (Pastoral Risk Management) project in Ethiopia and Kenya found that sustainable ways to improve lives in pastoral regions in eastern Africa have more to do with raising hope and building local people’s capacity to solve problems and manage risks rather than pushing new technology or range-management innovations. Investments in building the capacities of […]
Agropastoral field schools build resilience in Uganda
In its series “Best Practices and Lessons Learned”, FAO has published a 25-page report on Supporting communities in building resilience through agropastoral field schools (2013). Building resilience of vulnerable communities to the vagaries of climate change calls for transformative approaches that can organically evolve to suit the dynamic and unique needs of different farming systems. […]