Value of Pastoralism (page 8)
Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands
The FAO paper “Pastoralism in Africa’s drylands: reducing risks, addressing vulnerability and enhancing resilience” (2018, 52pp) explores the mounting challenges faced by pastoralists and indicates opportunities to strengthen the resilience of pastoralist livelihoods. Pastoral livestock production is crucial to the livelihoods and the economy of African’s drylands. It is practised in an area covering 43% […]
Payment for ecosystem services (PES) for pastoralists
Payment for ecosystem services (PES) is gaining popularity as an environmental and development policy tool. There have been important experiences in implementing PES in crop farming and forestry, but PES has seldom been applied for pastoralists in the rangelands. The study “Operationalizing payments for ecosystem services for pastoralists in rangeland settings” by Linda Pappagallo (2018, […]
“Values of pastoralism, with a focus on Eastern Africa” – open discussion briefing
At this year’s Tropentag conference in Ghent, CELEP had the opportunity to lead an open discussion about the values of pastoralism with a focus on Eastern Africa. The four members of the panel were : Dr Brigitte Kaufmann: Professor for Social Ecology of Tropical and Subtropical Land-use Systems at the University of Hohenheim. Dr Ann […]
CELEP at Tropentag 2018 in Ghent, Belgium
The Tropentag is an annual development-oriented and interdisciplinary conference on research in tropical and subtropical agriculture, natural resource management and rural development. The theme of the Tropentag this year, hosted by the University of Ghent in Belgium on 16–19 September 2018, was Global food security and food safety: the role of universities. CELEP co-organised a […]
CELEP background reader on pastoralism
CELEP partners compiled some key information about pastoralism – above all in Eastern Africa – as background information to use in policy dialogue, especially in Europe. The “background reader on pastoralism” (2015, 10pp) brings facts and figures about the significant contribution of pastoralism to economic growth, highlights some key challenges and opportunities for pastoralists, informs […]