Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure (page 11)
Improving pastoral tenure security in East Africa
The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has produced a 2-page Outcome Note, written by Fiona Flintan of ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), on “Improving tenure security for pastoralists in East Africa” (Oct 2020). It gives a very brief summary of PIM support […]
IGAD transhumance protocol endorsed
In November 2020, the Council of agriculture ministers from the eight Members States (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) endorsed a protocol on transhumance to facilitate cross-border movement of pastoralists and their herds. The process of drawing up the protocol was informed by the African […]
Pastoralist innovation in the face of COVID-19
The article “COVID-19 and pastoralism: reflections from three continents” (2020, 25pp) by Giulia Simula et al from the PASTRES Programme of the Institute of Development Studies in the UK, was published in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Looking at five cases of pastoralism in Africa, Asia and Europe, it examines how measures to control the […]
COVID-19 and pastoralists in Eastern Africa
Several papers, statements and blogs are appearing about the effects of the coronavirus and especially of the associated lockdown measures of governments in Eastern Africa on the lives and livelihoods of pastoralists – but also lessons for dealing with coronavirus uncertainties that can be learnt from pastoralists. Some of these publications can be found below. […]
CELEP invited to speak about Covid-19 to European Parliament’s Development Committee
On 3 December 2020, upon invitation of the European Parliament (EP), the European Focal Point of CELEP, Koen Van Troos, took part in a parliamentary session organised by the EP Development Committee. Koen explained how the current crisis related to the outbreak of COVID-19 is affecting pastoralists in Eastern Africa. In May 2020, CELEP had […]