Tags: pastoralism

ILRI News on pastoralism

07 Dec 2022

‘We are more alike than different’: Meet Three Youth Pastoralist Participants from the 2026 Vision for Pastoralist Youth Consultation

With the United Nations’ declaration of 2026 as the Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists , the Livestock and Climate Initiative of the CGIAR is supporting a series of consultations in the coming years with pastoralist youth across the world. Youth can play a key role in strengthening and adapting...

Madison SpinelliPrinceton in Africa Fellow

ILRI News

14 Nov 2022

Looking into Pastoralism's Future: Youth lead the 2026 Vision for Pastoralist Youth Consultation

There was a buzz in the meeting hall at the University of Lukenya in Makueni County, about 5 hours’ drive south from Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. Twenty-eight young pastoralists of ages 18 to 35 from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania had gathered for three days in September 2022. Their mission was to...

Madison SpinelliPrinceton in Africa Fellow

ILRI News

14 Nov 2022

Pastoralist Robha Abekeri is at COP27 representing the voice of youth in charting pastoralism's future

In Ethiopia’s Afar region, where temperatures can reach up to 54 degrees Celsius at the peak of the hot season, pastoralism is the primary source of livelihood for the people there. They have adapted to the harsh climate and are extremely knowledgeable on the weather patterns, animal land capacity...

Madison SpinelliPrinceton in Africa Fellow

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Publications on pastoralism

Journal Article

Published2022

Adapting to climate change among transitioning Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya: An intersectional analysis of differentiated abilities to benefit from diversification processes

Abstract

Published2022

Climate change and Rift Valley fever disease outbreak: implications for the food environment of pastoralists

Report

Published2022

Product design process to support the De-risking, Inclusion and Value Enhancement of pastoral economies (DRIVE) in Somalia

Report

Published2022

De-Risking, Inclusion, and Value Enhancement of Pastoral Economies in the Horn Of Africa (DRIVE): Assessment of suitability of financial protection schemes in the Horn of Africa

Journal Article

Published2022

Can formalisation of pastoral land tenure overcome its paradoxes? Reflections from East Africa

Journal Article

Published2019

Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania

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ILRI Projects on pastoralism

Jan 2022Jul 2025

The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action

Tomorrow’s food insecurity and malnutrition, however, can be overcome today by early actions and solutions that increase the resilience and adaptive capacities of pastoralist communities facing climate threats. Jameel Observatory adopt a community of practice approach which was launched in Kenya...

Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP)

Objectives Within the KCSAP project, ILRI Mazingira aims to develop survey methods to reliably estimate GHG emission indicators and achieve the following objectives: Generate baseline estimates of GHG emission indicators (i.e. GHG emission intensities) for KCSAP Evaluate the effect(s) of TIMPs...

Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP)

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