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Long-term future of people in Ngorongoro District, Tanzania
The paper “Move child, move!: towards middle and high income for the people of the Ngorongoro District” (2016, 18pp) explores the long-term economic options in the district in the light of Tanzania’s development goal to achieve middle-income status in 20 years and high-income status in 80 years. The Ngorongoro District is part of the Serengeti ecosystem. […]
Households balancing risks & returns for resilience in Darfur
The Feinstein International Center of Tufts University is conducting a series of studies on resilience in the context of Darfur Region of Sudan. The report “Risks and returns: household priorities for resilient livelihoods in Darfur” (2016, 112pp including Arabic summary) examines how numerous shocks of various types over the past 15 years have affected specific […]
Pastoralist community perceptions of land-use changes in southern Kenya
Resource-use changes in rangeland ecosystems have triggered ecological, social and economic dynamics that often have adverse effects on pastoralists. The study “Community perceptions on spatio-temporal land use changes in the Amboseli ecosystem, southern Kenya”, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2016 6:24), applied an integrated approach using local knowledge and spatial technologies to assess […]
Effective traditional handling of camel milk in Kenya
Pastoral communities in Kenya use smoke from certain herbs to disinfect milk-handling containers and preserve camel milk. This imparts a characteristic desired flavour to the milk. The aim of the study “Antimicrobial effect of smoking milk handling containers’ inner surfaces as a preservation method in pastoral systems in Kenya”, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and […]
Enhancing resilience to food security shocks in Africa
The DFID, World Bank and USAID discussion paper on “Enhancing resilience to food security shocks in Africa” (2012, 72pp) brings together thinking on what is meant by the concept of resilience and some of the principles that are fundamental to it. Several references are made to food security and resilience of agropastoralists and pastoralists in […]