Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 31)
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 […]
Focus on livestock to combat hunger in Karamoja
A development specialist from Karamoja in Uganda, Oscar Kanyangareng, published an article entitled “Here is how we can address chronic hunger in Karamoja” in the Daily Monitor (2015). It urges that development interventions focus on the region’s comparative advantage: livestock, as the most viable opportunity to harness scarce biomass resources for food production. The alternative […]
Pokot in Kenya intensify production through agropastoralism
Land-use and livelihood patterns among Eastern African pastoralists have undergone dramatic change in recent decades, as illustrated by the dynamics in East Pokot. The article “Agricultural change at the margins: adaptation and intensification in a Kenyan dryland” by Clemens Greinera & Innocent Mwakab, published in 2016 in the Journal of Eastern African Studies 10 (1): […]
European Parliament: On the milky way to development
A roundtable discussion was held on 7 November 2017 in the European Parliament upon invitation by the Member of European Parliament (MEP) Norbert Neuser, S&D (Socialists and Democrats) Coordinator for Development, to exchange views on pastoralism, food security, trade and investment, with a particular focus on dairy development. Information and views were provided by participants […]
ECHO: Good practices in supporting pastoralists
In its Best Practices Note No. 3 entitled “Assisting Pastoralists” (2013, 11pp), the US American charity organisation ECHO describes how it works with pastoralists. The Director of ECHO’s East Africa Impact Center, Erwin Kinsey, wrote the note based mainly on his experience in rural development in Tanzania. He describes what pastoralism is and the socio-political-cultural, […]