Pastoralism & Marketing (page 11)
Ethnography of slaughterhouse in pastoral area of Kenya
The food-system approach is used as lens for examining the “Ethnography of the slaughterhouse: a case of Nanyuki slaughterhouse in Laikipia County, Rift Valley, Kenya” by Edwin Ambani Ameso et al, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2017, 7:32). This paper identifies actors and their roles in the slaughterhouse processes and describes the effects that institutional […]
Pathways to resilience in pastoralist areas
Across the Horn of Africa, pastoralist areas have been persistent and difficult challenges for governments and for development and humanitarian agencies. Although often viewed as physically remote, universally poor and subject to droughts and conflicts, these areas can also be economic hubs, with substantial livestock trade networks to local markets and crossing borders to neighbouring […]
Milking drylands: Somali women & pastoral markets
The Milking Drylands research initiative, funded by the European Union’s Marie Curie programme, addressed issues of food security, market integration, gender roles and governance in the Somali ecosystem. It explored dynamics of social change in order to deepen understanding of complex pastoral economics and point to options for appropriate interventions. As the doctoral dissertation “Milking […]
Water & fodder availability along animal trade routes in the Horn
The livestock export trade from the Horn of Africa (HoA) to the Middle East is one of the largest export movements and among the oldest and most vibrant cross-border livestock trading systems in the world. A project of FAO seeks to assist pastoralists, traders and exporters to enhance the competitiveness of the trade and to […]
Livelihoods, innovations & challenges in Karamoja
The report “Five years on: Livelihood advances, innovations, and continuing challenges in Karamoja, Uganda” (2017, 55pp) by Elizabeth Stites et al is the final report on five years of collaboration between Feinstein International Center (Tufts University) and Mercy Corps in the Growth, Health, and Governance Program in northern Karamoja, Uganda. It examines key areas of […]