Value of Pastoralism (page 9)
Community protocols for pastoralists & livestock keepers
The CELEP member organisation LPP (League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development) and the Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) Network have brought out a manual on “Community protocols for pastoralists and livestock keepers: claiming rights under the Convention on Biological Diversity” (2018, 101pp). A community protocol is a document, produced by a local community, […]
CELEP pre-Tropentag workshop on values of pastoralism
On 17 September 2018 at 10h–12h at Ghent University (Ghent, Belgium), CELEP will organise a pre-Tropentag workshop on values of pastoralism. Pastoralism makes an important contribution to food production, food security and nutrition. However, its potential is constrained by numerous factors, the major ones being alienation of pastoral resources and the structural political marginalisation of pastoralists. […]
From emergency to development through livestock-based interventions
The policy paper “From emergency to development: building resilience through livestock-based interventions” (8pp, 2018), brought out by Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) International, describes how disasters affect livestock-based livelihoods, and summarises the types of interventions available for mitigating their impacts and building resilience. It brings examples of how VSF is putting Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards […]
Contribution of livestock to Ugandan economy
A briefing paper of the IGAD Center for Pastoralist Areas & Livestock Development assesses “The contribution of livestock to the Ugandan economy” (2013, 4pp). The study assigns monetary values to the non-marketed goods and services provided by livestock, and estimates the contribution of livestock to the wider national economy – as exports, as inputs into […]
Contribution of livestock to Kenyan economy
According to the IGAD Center for Pastoralist Areas & Livestock Development, the contribution of livestock production to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been greatly underestimated in Kenya. The policy brief “The contribution of livestock to the Kenyan economy” (2013, 4pp) estimates that livestock provide about 45% of output from the country’s agriculture and forestry […]