Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition (page 16)
Evolving pastoral & post-pastoral livelihoods in Eastern African rangelands
Over the past 20 years, the rangelands of Eastern Africa have experienced sweeping changes associated with growing human population, changes in land use, expanding livestock trade and greater investment by domestic and global capital. These trends have coincided with several large shocks that were turning points for how rangeland inhabitants make a living. As livelihoods […]
Changing land-tenure regimes in Darfur, Sudan
The briefing paper “Changing land tenure regimes” (2020, 14pp) by Helen Young et al. of the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, highlights the evolving and overlapping tenure regimes of pastoralist and crop-farming livelihood systems in Darfur, Sudan. It shows how pastoralism and crop farming in the area represent an integrated approach to managing natural resources, […]
Informal milk markets in Kenya, Tanzania & India
This report “Informal milk markets in Kenya, Tanzania and Assam (India): an overview of their status, policy context and opportunities for policy innovation to improve health and safety“(2020, 34pp) reviews the situation of informal milk markets in three countries to better understand the opportunities for policy innovation to work with informal milk sellers to improve […]
UN Committee on Agriculture approves IYRP
UN Committee on Agriculture approves International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists The initiative for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) has taken a huge step forward. In the online meeting this week of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Mongolian Government presented its proposal to declare […]
Nutritional quality of Kenyan pastoral deep-fried goat meat
Pastoralist communities traditionally deep-fry meat for a unique taste and exceptional shelf-stability. These meat products serve as nutrient-dense snacks with high satiety, making them very suitable for the mobile lifestyle of pastoralists. A study on “Processing variations, nutritional and sensory quality of ethnic deep-fried meats from Kenyan pastoral communities” by Josphat Njenga Gichure et al […]