Pastoralism & Peacebuilding (page 2)
Pastoralist research on the Uganda–Kenya border
The report “One step forward two steps back, pastoralist researchers on the Uganda-Kenya border” (2023, 28pp, doi: 10.19088/IDS.2023.046) is a history of events affecting peace and security between October 2022 and May 2023. It is a diary of community research into borderland insecurity that gave community leaders evidence on why pastoralists continue to carry guns […]
Community solutions to insecurity on Uganda–Kenya border
In the Karamoja and Turkana borderlands of Uganda and Kenya, there is widespread violence including armed robbery, rape and human rights abuses. The 4-page Policy Briefing “Community solutions to insecurity along the Uganda–Kenya border” (2023) highlights how different insecurities reinforce each other in ways aggravated by the international border. It stresses the need for fulfilment […]
Policy to avoid conflict between herders & crop farmers in Tanzania
The brief (9-page) article “Analysis of silence in policy on farmers-pastoralists conflict in the hotspot districts of Tanzania” by Parit Saruni, published in Academia Letters (2021, Article 4125, https://doi.org/10.20935/AL4125) reviews various policies, acts and strategies affecting the coexistence of farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania. The review is guided by the belief that pastoralism is not […]
Pastoralists’ approaches to peacebuilding in Ethiopia–Kenya borderlands
The Future Agricultures Working Paper 22 “The long conversation: customary approaches to peace management in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya” (2011, 24pp) by Patta Scott-Villiers et al seeks to contribute to a better understanding of peacebuilding among pastoralists. From a pastoralist perspective, it throws light on the achievement of peace in a five-year effort led […]
Mapping herd routes to improve pastoralist livelihoods
Livestock routes are essential to herders in eastern Africa, who use them to access water, feed and markets. But political and economic marginalisation is putting pressure on the natural resources that pastoralists rely on, causing conflicts and loss of value. Mapping current land uses has improved stakeholders’ understanding of how to protect the mobility of […]