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Camel health, zoonoses & food safety in Kenya
The paper “Camel health management and pastoralists’ knowledge and information on zoonoses and food safety risks in Isiolo County, Kenya” by Peter Obimbo Lamuka et al, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2017 7:20, looks into Somali, Garra and Boran pastoralists’ management of camel health and implications for zoonoses and food safety in Isiolo […]
Borana pastoralists adopt camels to adapt to climate change
Borana pastoralists in southern Ethiopia used to keep primarily cattle but have recently diversified into keeping camels after experiencing recurrent severe droughts. The study “Camel management as an adaptive strategy to climate change by pastoralists in southern Ethiopia” by Galma Wako et al (2017, 12pp) published in Ecological Processes 6:26 (DOI 10.1186/s13717-017-0093-5) looks into evidence […]
Trade-offs between pastoralism & wildlife conservation in Kenya
Some pastoralists in the East African rangelands diversify into wildlife conservation and tourism in order to supplement livestock-based livelihoods and to spread risk. Tourism can be an alternative source of income during drought, but may reduce access to grazing resources, and wildlife may destroy crops and injure, kill or transmit disease to livestock or people. […]
Poverty, health & pastoral ecosystem interactions in Kenya
Pastoralists are over-represented among the poor. Poverty has been mainly attributed to lack of access, e.g. to goods, education or enabling institutions, but recent insights suggest that ecosystems may influence poverty and the self-reinforcing mechanisms that constitute poverty traps. One example could be zoonoses. The article “Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions” by Delia Grace et […]
Rangeland’s contribution to household food & income in Uganda
The article “Contribution of rangelands to household food basket and income in a pastoral area in Uganda” by Betty Mbolany et al (Journal of Food Security 4 (3) (2016): 68–75) examines the relationship between the household food basket, income and rangelands in Nakaseke District, Uganda. A survey of 180 households using semi-structured questionnaires revealed that […]