Pastoralism & Marketing (page 9)
Livestock by-products in Somaliland bring income for vulnerable groups
Livestock and livestock product exports are the main sources of foreign currency earning in Somaliland. Adding value to the livestock products provides additional income. The paper “An assessment of the livestock by-products value chains in Somaliland: the case of bones and tallow” by Nadhem Mtimet et al (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2018 […]
Microbial counts along camel milk value chain in Kenya
The study “Effect of predisposing factors on microbial loads in camel milk along the pastoral dairy value chain in Kenya” (2018, 8pp) by Samuel Muyoma Nato et al (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 8:16; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-018-0123-7) mapped the camel milk value chain and examined why microbial counts in milk increased along the chain. Data were collected […]
How Europe could support pastoral dairying in Eastern Africa
Most pastoral development interventions focus on meat production. Greater emphasis on dairying could improve human nutrition in the drylands and strengthen pastoralist women’s role as traditional managers of milk and innovators in dairy marketing. The CELEP brief “Pastoral dairying in Eastern Africa: how could Europe support it?” (2018, 6pp) reviews documents about dairy development in the […]
Struggle of traders in pastoral meat supply chain in Kenya
In the drylands of northern Kenya, pastoralist communities sell sheep and goats mainly to local traders who connect them to different markets. This pastoral livestock supply chain is characterised by inadequate market information, without which it is difficult to improve the coordination of seller–buyer activities. The article “Making decisions without reliable information: the struggle of […]
Kenyan dairy-sector learning tour
In late March 2018, CELEP – in collaboration with Oxfam – organised a learning tour on small-scale dairying in Kenya for a delegation from three West African countries: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. CELEP has already been active on this topic, including holding a roundtable session on pastoralism and dairying in the European Parliament during […]