Ungoverned markets for camel milk in stateless Somali areas

The “Milking Drylands” (EC Marie Curie research) initiative addressed issues of food security, market integration, gender roles and governance matters in the Somali ecosystem. The paper “Ungoverned markets: the emergence of camel milk markets in stateless Somali areas” (undated but probably 2003 or 2003, 15pp) by Michelle Nori et al looks into mechanisms for marketing camel milk in order to provide insights into rural development in a society that has long experienced a lack of central government. While major livelihood problems faced by Somali pastoralist communities are addressed, interesting dynamics of endogenous development are explored in order to stimulate understanding of complex pastoral economics and to provide options for sensitive development interventions.

Posted on 18 March 2018 in Pastoralism & Marketing, Pastoralism, Gender & Youth