Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 5)
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 […]
Institutional rhetoric vs local reality: Burunge WMA, Tanzania
Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are meant to promote wildlife conservation and rural development in Tanzania and enhance local livelihoods. In the paper, Institutional rhetoric versus local reality: a case study of Burunge Wildlife Management Area, Tanzania (2018) by Rose Kicheleri et al, published in SAGE Open 8(2), the authors found that the participation of local […]
Maasai delegation lobbying in Europe for their rights
In May-June 2023, a delegation of Maasai representatives is visiting several European countries, seeking international support to halt the ongoing forced evictions and human rights abuses against the Maasai pastoralists in Loliondo and Ngorongoro in northern Tanzania. See the press release in English, French and German. In Germany, the Maasai spoke with representatives from the […]
Maasai rights in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
The Ngorongoro Crater in northeastern Tanzania is a great tourist attraction. It is also home to Maasai pastoralists, who have been struggling for their human and civil rights since 1958, when they were resettled in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) by the colonial government after they were evicted from Serengeti area. The book Maasai rights in […]