Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 62)
Foreign investment in pastoral areas of Ethiopia and the Sudans
In a 2012 Briefing Paper from Chatham House (UK) “Peace, bread and land: agricultural investments in Ethiopia and the Sudans”, foreign investment in land is analysed within the historical political and economic context of the Horn of Africa. The main focus is on Ethiopia, where the paper points to significant foreign investment in land by […]
Changes in property rights among the Afar in Ethiopia
In three districts in Afar of northeastern Ethiopia, traditional land-use arrangements among pastoralists, changes in pastoral customary rights and resource-based conflicts among various pastoral groups were studied. The results showed that the state is the biggest actor behind changes in property rights, especially in better-endowed areas. The state-driven changes have led to increasing conflicts between […]
Pastoral land in southern Ethiopa up for grabs
The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development commissioned a survey of the “best investment opportunity“ in South Omo in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) Region. All four districts surveyed are (agro-)pastoral areas. Maps and a very brief description of the investment areas can be found here: South Omo Investment Area. The date […]
Land tenure issues in the Horn
The Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA) held a conference in 1997 on “Pastoral Land Tenure Issues in the Horn of Africa”. The abstracts of presentations on land tenure in Ethiopia generally, Somali and Afar Regions of Ethiopia, in Sahil and Barka Provinces in Eritrea and in Eastern and Western Sudan […]
Pastoralism: a critical asset for food security
Animal Frontiers, a review magazine on animal agriculture, has published a special issue on the contribution of animal production to global food security. One of the articles, “Pastoralism: a critical asset for food security under global climate change”, examines the role that pastoralism plays in relation to food security, particularly in the face of increased […]