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Uganda’s rangeland policy
The paper “Uganda’s rangeland policy: intentions, consequences and opportunities” (2018) by Patrick Byakagaba et al, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 8:7 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-017-0111-3) analyses Uganda’s rangeland policies from pre-colonial times onwards. It looks into what informed these policies, their objectives and the outcomes realised. The policies were based on western European resource management, classical […]
Safe movement for adaptation by pastoralists in the Horn
In the brochure “Advocating for safe movement as a climate change adaptation strategy for pastoralists in the Horn and East Africa: highlights and key messages” (2010, 22pp), the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) advocate for […]
Legislation to support cross-border livestock mobility
In Policy Brief 14 of COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa), entitled “Legislation to support cross-border mobility” (2010, 3pp), Ced Hesse from the CELEP member organisation IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) draws attention to the tremendous importance of cross-border livestock mobility to national and regional economies and food security, particularly in […]
Pathways to resilience in pastoralist areas
Across the Horn of Africa, pastoralist areas have been persistent and difficult challenges for governments and for development and humanitarian agencies. Although often viewed as physically remote, universally poor and subject to droughts and conflicts, these areas can also be economic hubs, with substantial livestock trade networks to local markets and crossing borders to neighbouring […]
Pastoralism core of livelihoods in Kenya & Uganda drylands
The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) produced a series of blogs and short video films in October 2017 about pastoralism in the drylands of Kenya and Uganda (Karamoja). It reports on its work with pastoralists in collaboration with three local NGOs: Warrior Squad Foundation, Karamoja Development Forum and Friends of Lake Turkana. “A […]