Tags: pastoralism

ILRI News on pastoralism

06 Oct 2021

The challenge of securing women's land rights in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia

Land rights remain a complex and ambiguous subject for the majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ethiopia, formal state laws assert that women have equal rights regarding land use and access. However, Ethiopia's pastoral areas are often highly influenced by both religious and customary...

Elliot CarletonPrinceton in Africa Fellow

Mazingira blog

28 Sep 2021

A field visit to support climate-smart sustainable agro-pastoralism in East Africa

On 1 Sep 2021, scientists Sonja Leitner and Claudia Arndt from the Mazingira Centre of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, hosted a group of international researchers on ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station in Machakos County. They were supported in the field by farm...

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AVCD program blog

02 Aug 2021

Syndromic e-surveillance: averting livestock disease outbreaks, improving livelihoods

In early 2019, pastoralists in Turkana County lost 675 camels ( Camelus dromedarius ) with more than 750,000 at risk due to a severe outbreak of the contagious haemorrhagic septicaemia disease. It was not only a costly economic loss, estimated at 33.7 million Kenya shillings (USD337,000) but also a...

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Publications on pastoralism

Presentation

Published2021

Silvopastoralism and welfare of farmed animals in Ethiopia

Report

Published2021

Are livestock always bad for the planet? Rethinking the protein transition and climate change debate

Journal Article

Published2020

Social differentiation in climate change adaptation: One community, multiple pathways in transitioning Kenyan pastoralism

Journal Article

Published2020

Propensity to adapt to climate change: Insights from pastoralist and agro-pastoralist households of Laikipia County, Kenya

Journal Article

Published2021

Participatory mapping with herders in a climate adaptation research project

Presentation

Published2021

Pastoralism, land and gender

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ILRI Projects on pastoralism

Mar 2019Apr 2032

One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL)

The project brings together professionals in human and animal health and the environment to achieve better access to human and veterinary health services and sustainable natural resources management. To implement One Health , the project works with communities, public and private service providers...

International Land Coalition Rangelands Initiative: Making rangelands secure

Making rangelands secure Established in 2010, the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative facilitates learning between, and provides technical support to government and other actors working to make rangelands more tenure secure. Coordinated and supported globally by the...

Developing and piloting index based livestock insurance to reduce poverty and vulnerability

In collaboration with various partners, ILRI has pursued a comprehensive research agenda aimed at designing, developing and implementing market mediated index-based insurance products to protect livestock keepers from drought related asset losses they face, particularly those in the drought prone...