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ILRI News on pastoralism

05 Jun 2020

Happy World Environment Day!

Happy World Environment Day! To celebrate World Environment Day today—5 Jun 2020—the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is focusing on something called ‘participatory rangeland management’. As rangelands cover most of the Earth’s ice-free surface, managing them in equitable as well...

Susan MacMillanTeam Leader, Communications, Awareness and Advocacy

AVCD program blog

16 Apr 2020

Diversification of diets: a community-led solution that improves nutritional outcomes in Kenya’s pastoral communities

Camels in Isiolo County (photo credit AVCD/Muthoni Njiru). In northern Kenya, thousands of people suffer from acute malnutrition. This dryland region experiences low rainfall, high temperatures and has poor soils, which lead to poor harvests and inadequate pastures for livestock. The region hence...

Muthoni NjiruCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

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Publications on pastoralism

Journal Article

Published2020

Comparison of knowledge, attitude, and practices of animal and human brucellosis between nomadic pastoralists and non-pastoralists in Kenya

Journal Article

Published2020

An assessment of the implications of alternative scales of communal land tenure formalization in pastoral systems

Report

Published2019

A comparative analysis of three community-based rangeland management cases: Taking successes in land restoration to scale project

Journal Article

Published2019

Livestock-wealth inequalities and uptake of crop cultivation among the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania

Journal Article

Published2019

Simulating rangeland ecosystems with G-range: Model description and evaluation at global and site scales

Report

Published2019

Community adaptation of action research designs for land restoration in communal grazing lands

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ILRI Projects on pastoralism

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...

Tags: pastoralism

ILRI News on pastoralism

Focus on environmental health: The role of rangelands in an integrated One Health approach

Happy World Environment Day!

Diversification of diets: a community-led solution that improves nutritional outcomes in Kenya’s pastoral communities

Publications on pastoralism

Comparison of knowledge, attitude, and practices of animal and human brucellosis between nomadic pastoralists and non-pastoralists in Kenya

An assessment of the implications of alternative scales of communal land tenure formalization in pastoral systems

A comparative analysis of three community-based rangeland management cases: Taking successes in land restoration to scale project

Livestock-wealth inequalities and uptake of crop cultivation among the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania

Simulating rangeland ecosystems with G-range: Model description and evaluation at global and site scales

Community adaptation of action research designs for land restoration in communal grazing lands

ILRI Projects on pastoralism

International Land Coalition Rangelands Initiative: Making rangelands secure

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