Pastoralism & Marketing (page 15)
Importance of livestock routes in Ethiopia
In September 2015, an international meeting on the “Importance of livestock routes for local, national and regional development” was organised by the Rangeland Management Platform – a forum coordinated by the Pastoral Livestock Development Directorate in the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP). The participants concluded that livestock routes […]
CELEP in Kenya in November 2015
On 4-6 November 2015, the first Expo in Kenya on Extensive Livestock Systems “Herding for the Markets” was held at the Kebete campus of the University of Nairobi. At their Expo stand, CELEP member AgriProFocus (Netherlands) and CELEP partner RECONCILE (East Africa) – both part of the Expo organising committee – displayed an exhibition of […]
Pastoralism pays: evidence from the Horn
In a Briefing from CELEP member IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) entitled “Pastoralism pays: new evidence from the Horn of Africa” (2015), Caroline King-Okumu, Oliver Wasonga and Eshetu Yimer have summarised findings from field studies on pastoralism by university students. As competition for land and water resources intensifies, there is a need to […]
Lessons for livestock marketing in the Horn
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published a review of global literature on the “Horn of Africa livestock market system: lessons from elsewhere” (2015, 22 pp) commissioned by Mercy Corps with funding from USAID, the Rockefeller Foundation and SIDA under the Global Resilience Challenge. It is focused on understanding efforts made worldwide to address the problem […]
Food safety & informal markets for animal products
Animal products are vital components in the diets and livelihoods of people across sub-Saharan Africa and especially for pastoralists. The book Food safety and informal markets: animal products in sub-Saharan Africa (2014, 260pp) edited by Kristina Roesel and Delia Grace explores issues of food safety, zoonoses and public health involved in the informal marketing of […]