Pastoralism & Marketing (page 19)
Pastoral adaptation to climate change: Ethiopians learn in Mali
Ethiopians from five partner organisations in the Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) visited Mali in 2011 to learn about good practices in pastoral adaptation to the effects of climate change. The hosts were DCG Mali and the Malian Arid Lands Development Organisation (MALDO). In Nioro du Sahel and Nara in northern Mali, they learned how the […]
Regional Pastoralist CSO symposium 13–14 May 2013 in Kampala
The Coalition of Pastoralist Civil Society Organisations (COPACSO) and the Uganda Land Alliance (ULA) jointly organised an Eastern Africa Regional Symposium on Pastoralism on 13–14 May 2013 in Kampala, Uganda. They sought to contribute to realising specific objectives of the AU Policy Framework for Pastoralism in Africa by: Providing a platform to guide and tailor actions […]
Market access & trade issues in the Horn
The technical brief (33pp) “Market access and trade issues affecting the drylands in the Horn of Africa” (2013) was prepared by Yacob Aklilu, Peter Little, Hussein Mahmoud and John McPeak for the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought in the Horn of Africa, hosted by the CGIAR Consortium in partnership with the FAO Investment […]
Moving herds, moving markets: pastoral livestock value chains
A “writeshop” on pastoral livestock value chains was organised by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) in Nairobi in late 2012. The 27 participants included 15 case authors, 3 resource persons, 2 facilitators, 4 editors, 2 artists and a secretary. They produced a draft of a 120-page book “Moving herds, moving markets”, which was […]
Research questions for extensive livestock systems in East Africa
In December 2012, the Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) held a workshop on “Extensive Livestock Research Multi-Stakeholder Research Questions” in Nairobi, Kenya. EAFF is collaborating with several other organisations working in Eastern Africa as part of PAEPARD (Platform for African European Partnerships in Agricultural Research for Development) in creating multi-stakeholder partnerships on agricultural research for development. […]