Pastoralism & Marketing (page 4)
Cross-border activities for livelihood security in the Horn of Africa
Pastoralist communities have long carried out a wide range of cross-border activities to protect their livelihoods and livestock production systems in order to cope with the recurrent climatic variations typical of dryland environments. However, there is limited understanding of the nature, magnitude and value of these cross-border livelihood activities in the Horn of Africa. National […]
Economic impact of COVID-19 in Somali Region, Ethiopia
Outside Addis Ababa, Somali Region of Ethiopia has suffered the highest number of COVID-19 cases, and infections are rising. Given the existing vulnerabilities in the area, the impact of the crisis on livelihoods is expected to be particularly severe, and will be further exacerbated by the desert locust situation. In the report “Economic impact of […]
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 […]
Guide to rapid livestock market assessment
The report Rapid Livestock Market Assessment (2019, 34pp) by Antonio Rota, Guyo Roba and Ilaria Urbani is a guide for practitioners that was prepared by the Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). It is intended for people making assessments in rural communities where livestock markets are being […]
50 years of research on pastoralism & development
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in the UK has issued a collection of IDS Bulletin articles that reflects on 50 years of research on pastoralism at IDS. The “end of pastoralism” was proclaimed widely in the 1970s, yet pastoralism has survived as a successful, resilient livelihood adapted to some of the harshest environments on […]