Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 14)
How Somali agropastoralists adapt to climate change
The impact of climate change varies depending on location, adaptive capacity and other socioeconomic and environmental factors. In Somaliland, adverse impacts include recurrent droughts, greater biodiversity loss, encroachment of invasive plants, increased rural–urban migration, loss of soil fertility and higher health risks. The Heinrich Boell Foundation publication The impact of climate change and adoption of […]
How Tanzanian pastoralists perceive climate change & its impact on cattle
The study “Climate change perception and impacts on cattle production in pastoral communities of northern Tanzania”, by Esther Kimaro et al, published in Pastoralism Research, Policy and Practice (2018 8:19), examines pastoralists’ perception of climate change and impacts on cattle production in ten villages in Monduli District in Tanzania. This study drew empirical data from […]
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 […]
Effectiveness of livestock insurance in managing climate risk in Ethiopia
Over the past four years, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) collaborated with CIFA (Community Initiative Facilitation and Assistance), Oromia Insurance Company and ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) in piloting index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) to protect Ethiopian livestock-keepers from drought‐related asset losses. The report “Participatory research on the effectiveness of index-based livestock insurance as […]
Links between climate resilience and peace in pastoral Ethiopia
The USAID report “Lessons learned from the Peace Centers for Climate and Social Resilience: an assessment in Borana Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia” (2017, 80pp) assesses the lessons learnt from a pilot project in Borana Zone. This project tested the hypothesis that collaborative community activities to strengthen climate resilience, focused on building key institutional […]