Value of Pastoralism (page 5)
CELEP position paper on new EU–Africa strategy
8 April 2020: The EU is currently reviewing its strategy with Africa. On 9 March 2020, the European Commission and the European External Action Service presented a joint communication “Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa” to the European Parliament and Council. The European Parliament and Council are providing input into the strategy, which will define […]
CELEP report on Kenya Pastoralists Week 2019
Through CELEP’s Focal Point in Eastern Africa at the NGO RECONCILE, the Coalition contributed to the organisation of the Kenya Pastoralists Week (KPW) held in late December 2019 in Baringo County. The 14-page “Report on the Kenya Pastoralists Week 2019 in Baringo, Kenya: The Economy of Rangelands and Pastoralism” (2020) includes summaries of the main […]
Economic value of livestock in Karamoja, Uganda
In the report from the Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU, supported by USAID, UKaid and Irish Aid) entitled “The productivity and economic value of livestock in Karamoja Sub-region, Uganda” (2019, 73pp), RH Behnke and RL Arasio calculate the “direct use value” of the Karamoja livestock. This concept combines all the economic benefits derived from livestock, […]
Total economic value of pastoralism in Kenya
The available statistics on pastoralism in Kenya tend to underestimate its value in terms of its contribution to the national economy. The study “The value of pastoralism in Kenya: application of total economic value approach” (by D.M.Nyariki & D.A. Amwata, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2019 9:9) analysed the contribution of pastoralism to […]
Misereor’s pastoral development orientation framework: focus on Ethiopia
On Tuesday 24 September 2019, at the Social and Development Coordination Annual Meeting of the Ethiopian Catholic Church , MISEREOR — the development agency of the German Catholic Bishops’ Conference — presented its Pastoral Development Orientation Framework for working with small-scale producers in pastoral systems in Ethiopia. It was a joint launch with the Ethiopian Catholic […]