Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 3)
Impact of climate drivers on pastoral & crop production in Ethiopia
The policy brief “Aligned climate drivers and potential impacts on food security in Ethiopia in 2024” (2024, 12pp) by Adrian Cullis and Solomon Bogale et al, published by the SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises) programme, examines the impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) climate […]
Climate-resilient development for Somalia
The technical report “Climate-resilient development for Somalia” (2023, 80pp) by Manisha Gulati et al, published by the SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises) programme, outlines ways that policymakers in Somalia can increase access to climate finance and better integrate adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management. Somalia’s economy is currently based primarily […]
Shifting livelihood strategies of South Sudan’s pastoralists
The technical report “Faced with floods: South Sudan: shifting livelihood strategies among South Sudan’s pastoralists” (2023, 20pp) by Alex Humphrey et al, published by the SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises) programme, explores how pastoralists and agropastoralists in South Sudan’s Unity State are adapting their livelihood strategies in response to conflict […]
With camelids into a sustainable future
For the International Year of Camelids 2024, Misereor, DITSL (German Institute for Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture) and LPP (League for Pastoral Peoples) in Germany have brought out a dossier on pastoral camelid husbandry around the world: “With camelids into a sustainable future: learning from pastoralist communities” (2024, 20pp), published by welt-sichten, Frankfurt. It describes the […]
Promoting investment in pastoral & agropastoral systems in IGAD region
The Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) of the Intergovernmental Agency for Development (IGAD), in partnership with AFD (French Development Agency), conducted a regional study on (agro)pastoral systems in East and the Horn of Africa. The ICPALD policy brief “Promoting investment in climate smart livestock in pastoral and agro-pastoral systems for co-benefit of […]