Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 14)
Livestock and human nutrition
The Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) commissioned a discussion paper “Livestock and Nutrition” (2020, 14pp) by Kate Sadler that reviewed key issues relating to human nutrition in the context of livestock-based emergency interventions. The literature review gave particular attention to: i) the contribution of livestock to household nutrition; ii) the impact of emergencies on […]
CELEP webinar on “Pastoralism and food security & nutrition”
On 15 December 2020, CELEP member Concern Worldwide organised a webinar on “How pastoralism adds to food security and nutrition”. The aim was to provide an overview of the critical linkages between livestock production and human nutrition outcomes in pastoral contexts. The speakers were: Regine Kopplow, Senior Adviser for Food and Nutrition Security and leader […]
IGAD transhumance protocol endorsed
In November 2020, the Council of agriculture ministers from the eight Members States (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) endorsed a protocol on transhumance to facilitate cross-border movement of pastoralists and their herds. The process of drawing up the protocol was informed by the African […]
Pastoralist innovation in the face of COVID-19
The article “COVID-19 and pastoralism: reflections from three continents” (2020, 25pp) by Giulia Simula et al from the PASTRES Programme of the Institute of Development Studies in the UK, was published in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Looking at five cases of pastoralism in Africa, Asia and Europe, it examines how measures to control the […]
COVID-19 and pastoralists in Eastern Africa
Several papers, statements and blogs are appearing about the effects of the coronavirus and especially of the associated lockdown measures of governments in Eastern Africa on the lives and livelihoods of pastoralists – but also lessons for dealing with coronavirus uncertainties that can be learnt from pastoralists. Some of these publications can be found below. […]