Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 4)
Mobile health service for Afar & Somali pastoralists in Ethiopia
The Mobile Health Service (MHS) has been piloted as a strategy to make human healthcare more easily accessible to mobile pastoralists in Ethiopia. The study “Mobile health service as an alternative modality for hard‑to‑reach pastoralist communities of Afar and Somali regions in Ethiopia” (2023) by Kasahun Eba et al., published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and […]
Rethinking policies for pastoralists – governing the rangelands
Policies and governance arrangements shape livelihoods in pastoral areas. Institutions that enable access to land, markets and investment for pastoralists and regulate their political participation are critical in fostering or constraining their resilience. Decades of misconceived narratives leading to distorted policies around pastoralism have undermined the capacity of government and development agencies to deal with […]
Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
The Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) – of which CELEP is a member – issues a newsletter to provide updates on what is happening to Maasai communities in the Ngorongoro and Loliondo areas and in other parts of northern Tanzania. These are areas from which the Maasai have been or are being ousted by the […]
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS)
The Livestock Emergency Guidelines & Standards (LEGS) Handbook (3rd edition, 2023, 390pp) is a set of international guidelines for designing, implementing and evaluating livestock interventions to help livestock-keepers affected by humanitarian crises to retain their livelihoods. The LEGS Project, coordinated by Cathy Watson, aims to improve the quality and livelihoods impact of livestock-related projects during emergencies: […]
Women’s camel-milk cooperative resilient to drought in Kenya
Camel milk is popular throughout much of Kenya and Somalia. A women’s community initiative in Isiolo in northern Kenya has set up a cooperative to collect, process and market this product. While the venture faces considerable challenges, including a prolonged drought in the region, the Anolei Women’s Camel Dairy Cooperative is determined to further develop […]