Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 12)
Impacts of Covid-19 on pastoralists’ food security in East & West Africa
The focus of attention regarding the impacts of Covid-19 has been on direct health outcomes and the macroeconomic impacts of control measures. In “Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on food security among East and West African pastoralists” (2021, 32pp, published in Advances in Food Security and Sustainability), Evan Griffith et al review the available evidence […]
Pastoralism: making variability work
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published “Pastoralism: making variability work” (2021, Animal Production & Health Paper 185, 58pp) written by Saverio Krätli and Ilse Koehler-Rollefsen with comments and guidance from FAO staff and pastoralist specialists worldwide. Pastoral systems have evolved to function with the natural environment and therefore with […]
Water for people and livestock in Borana
As part of the EU-funded RESET (Resilience Building & Creation of Economic Opportunities in Ethiopia) project, CARE Ethiopia looked into “Water in Borana, Ethiopia: a study of the development, use and maintenance of water sources in the rural areas of Borana Zone” (2019, 66pp, by Adrian Cullis et al). It sought a better understanding of […]
IYRP side event at HLPF on Sustainable Development 6 July 2021
The International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP) Support Group (ISG), including CELEP, and led by Maryam Niamir, co-chair fo the ISG, organised a side event at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development on 6 July 2021. The speaker from Eastern Africa (CELEP) was Hussein Wario, Director of the Centre for Research and […]
Dialogue on pastoralism at UN Food Systems Summit 2021
In the lead-up to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) 2021 in Nairobi, Kenya, the Hon. Mohamed Guleid of the Frontier Counties Development Council convened an Independent Dialogue on “Transforming pastoralism sustainably & innovatively to address key drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition: a multi-sector dialogue from Kenya’s frontier countries”. This dialogue on 18 […]