Pastoralism & Marketing (page 8)
Analysis of cross-border trade policies & implementation
The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) review report “Gap analysis of cross-border trade policies, bilateral agreements and implementation challenges of IGAD Minimum Integration Plan” (2017, 54pp) was produced by the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank. The report examines the regulations, challenges and performance of pastoral […]
Policy framework for informal cross-border trade
IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) Member States have produced a draft “Policy framework on the nexus between informal cross-border trade & cross-border security governance” (2018, 40pp) for enhancing cross-border cooperation and economic exchanges in the IGAD region. Exchanges and interactions between pastoralist, agropastoralist and crop-farming communities in dryland parts of the IGAD region play a […]
Town camels: Somali innovation in selling camel milk
On their own initiative, some Ethiopian pastoralists have started to raise livestock near towns in the drylands in order to supply milk to the urban market. The study “Town camels: pastoral innovation in a fast changing world – a case study from Gode town, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia” by Abdi Abdullahi Hussein et al (2011, […]
Pastoral dairy development in Eastern Africa
CELEP members and partners contributed a poster, abstract and 4-page paper on “Pastoral dairy development for food security and food safety in Eastern Africa: challenges and potentials” to the Tropentag Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development held on 17–19 September 2018 in Ghent, Belgium. In order to inform […]
Improving the livestock sector in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
A report for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) entitled “Livestock sector in the Ngorongoro District: analysis, shortcomings and options for improvement” (2018, 58pp) by Pablo Manzano and Lucas Yamat, looks at how to increase revenues from livestock in Ngorongoro in northwest Tanzania. In response to the 2017 drought, local communities used different strategies, […]