Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 12)
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 […]
Ngorongoro Maasai to be evicted
The Oakland Institute has brought out a new report on pastoralists in northern Tanzania: The looming threat of eviction: the continued displacement of the Maasai under the guise of conservation in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) (2021, 32pp). It reveals the Tanzanian Government’s plans to evict 82,000 residents – mostly Maasai – from their land. This […]
Bring back herder conservationists in Kenya
In northern Kenya, conservancies are regarded in conventional development circles as a panacea to poaching, human–wildlife conflict and land degradation. In his article “Bring back the herder conservationist” (June 2021), published in the citizens’ e-platform The Elephant, Hussein Wario of the Centre for Research and Development in the Drylands (CRDD) reveals how the nearly complete […]