Plateforme des Connaissances Pastorales

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Passer de la réaction en cas de crise à une approche stratégique et durable
Une première Conférence africaine sur la sécheresse a eu lieu cette semaine sous les auspices de l’Union africaine à Windhoek, en Namibie, suite à la Réunion de haut niveau sur les politiques nationales en matière de sécheresse, organisée par la FAO...
18-08-2016

Ethiopia’s pastoral lowlands are bisected by a number of major river systems like the Awash River in Afar, which runs throughout the arid region. Awash and systems like the Wabe Shabelle which begins in Oromia and the Omo in Southern...
27-07-2016

Nationwide floods have levelled another blow to the recovery process for drought-affected pastoralists inEthiopia. Well over 55 000 hectares of land – much of it pasture– has been flooded since late April. So far, thousands of livestock have been lost to the...
04-07-2016

With funding from the European Union (EU), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is piloting an alternative model for pastoralist livelihood and education in South Sudan’s Lakes State. Under the “Zonal Effort for Agricultural Transformation – Bahr el-Ghazal...
28-06-2016

Actions to eliminate peste des petits ruminants (PPR) have been rolled out in the major regions 20 June 2016, Ethiopia - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is implementing a progressive control program against Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in...
20-06-2016