Pastoralism & Marketing (page 24)
Successful market model for Kenyan pastoralists
Thursday is market day at Lolkuniani village, about 23 km from Wamba in the semiarid Samburu East District of northern Kenya. Established in 2005, the Lolkuniani livestock market has changed the lives of pastoralists in the area. Traders travel up to 500 km to buy or sell thousands of animals each week. An initiative of […]
Milk matters in Karamoja, Uganda
Households in the Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda have seen a sharp drop in access to animal milk in recent years. The declining milk supply affects livelihoods, food security and markets, but has the greatest impact on the nutrition of young children. A study by Elizabeth Stites and Emily Mitchard on Milk Matters in Karamoja: Milk […]
Livestock marketing in Kenya and Ethiopia
The last few years have witnessed a renewed interest in the export of live animals and meat from Kenya and Ethiopia. In both cases, the private sector has taken the lead in initiating or advocating for the revival of the export business, prompting the respective governments to pay attention to the potentials of livestock trade. The […]
Marketing of camels in Ethiopia and beyond
Although pastoralists in Ethiopia are often characterised as unresponsive to market opportunities, the bulk of Ethiopia’s growing formal and informal livestock and meat exports are supplied from pastoralist areas of the country. The report “The Commercialization of Camels in Mid-altitude Ethiopia and Beyond”describes a relatively new trend in pastoralist livestock marketing, being a dynamic response […]
Are livestock coops in Borana disadvantaging the poor?
For Trócaire CAFOD SCIAF, Gerrit Holtland studied savings-and-credit and agricultural cooperatives in in Borana Zone of southern Ethiopia. Governmental organisations, projects and NGOs have created hundreds of cooperatives in Borana, meant to improve the income of poorer segments of Boran communities. Over half the coops are for savings and credit (SACCOs); most of the rest […]