Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 72)
From conflict to coping in southern Ethiopia
The study “From Conflict to Coping: evidence from southern Ethiopia on the contributions of peacebuilding to drought resilience among pastoralist groups” was undertaken by Mercy Corps to examine if and how its peacebuilding programmes have affected key factors related to drought resilience. The study generated evidence on the extent to which peacebuilding efforts that rely on […]
Making Rangelands Secure: learning route started
The learning route on “Making Rangelands Secure” started in Nairobi, Kenya, on 7 February, heading to the first host community, Naibunga Conservancy. There are 24 participants in total from Republic of Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, India, Mongolia, Niger and Kygyz Republic. They come from different levels of government, NGOs/CSOs and networks.
ILRI response to open letter to Gates
ILRI (International Livestock Centre for Africa) has responded to the open letter from VSF / CELEP with a news clipping “Herding livestock makes more sense than growing crops in arid lands”
Bill Gates, seeds alone will not end poverty!
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) Belgium, member of the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP), warmly welcomes the recent expressed opinion of Bill Gates about foreign aid in the media. Foreign aid programmes do matter and certainly if they address poor farmers – the majority of people in developing countries. But VSF Belgium […]
Afar pastoralists in a changing environment
Afar pastoralists in a changing rangeland environment is a synopsis of a doctoral thesis (Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences) by an Ethiopian rangeland scholar, Diress Tsegaye. It offers an interesting combination of wider pastoral systems views and detailed biological studies. The thesis itself includes two papers that deal with […]