In Burkina Faso, the 2017/18 agropastoral campaign was marked by food and biomass deficits, the effects of which were exacerbated by the fragile situation in the country. Since January 2019, insecurity has continued to worsen due to recurrent attacks perpetrated by non-state armed groups, triggering massive population displacements, thus exacerbating the vulnerability of communities further resulting in increased humanitarian needs and significant challenges for the country. Thanks to funding from Sweden, FAO is supporting 18 700 households through various activities (cash-based interventions, agricultural and livestock production support) in order to meet their immediate needs, while ensuring that the root causes of their vulnerability are addressed in order to reduce dependency on food aid.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Food security, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa
Two decades ago, legal provisions gave local institutions rights to manage natural resources in four dryland African countries: Mali, Niger, Sudan and Ethiopia. This report examines how resilient such decentralised institutions have been, under the rapidly changing circumstances of the past two decades, and notes common lessons learned.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Topic: Climate change
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa, Eastern Africa
The Pamoja Voices climate toolkit presents a simple and affordable methodology to identify the climate change adaptation priorities of men, women and young people using participatory learning and action methods. It is intended for use by local governments and community based organisations seeking to understand, represent and integrate local climate priorities into planning.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Topic: Climate change, Gender and youth
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
This study aims to address several gaps including documentation of present-day transhumant pastoralists’ traditional knowledge in use and ethnographic accounts of the current reality of transhumance in practice, grounded in the lived experiences and voices of transhumant herders in Spain. The findings challenge the dominant narrative of the demise of transhumance in rural Spain, showing that transhumance remains a relevant and profitable practice in some regions. The knowledge that transhumant herders create and maintain through active use continues to develop and adapt in response to a dynamic social-ecological context.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Education, Innovation, Participation
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic has gone beyond the ambit of health to impact all areas of social relationship, community bonding, traditional practices, occupations and economy. The unprecedented nationwide lockdown has most affected communities that already had a precarious livelihood. Pastoral communities have suffered much during this lockdown. This prompted ActionAid Association to undertake a small study to find out how.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy, Healthcare, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: South Asia
This report presents findings for a five-country study conducted by Mercy Corps in May and June 2020. Mercy Corps monitored livestock systems in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan to understand the interplay of diverse market forces as influenced by COVID‑19 mitigation measures, as well as seasonality, locusts and Rift Valley Fever (RVF). This study focused on live animal, meat and milk value chains originating in the ASAL areas as well as major domestic and export consumer markets. Information was collected through existing programs and augmented with key informant interviews. This report aims to fill knowledge gaps and offer recommendations to support coping and recovery.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Mercy corps
Topic: Economy
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
This study provides an overview of the roles that the biodiversity found in and around food and agricultural production systems play in the supply of ecosystem services ranging from provisioning services, such as the supply of food, fuel and fibre, to cultural services, such as recreation and aesthetic enjoyment, and regulating services, such as pollination, carbon sequestration, pest control and nutrient cycling.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Environmental services, Food security
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
Between 2016-18, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Somalia collaborated with the NGO Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA) and developed a project entitled “Supporting communities in Somaliland to ‘make Prosopis make money’ through Cash-For-Work (CFW) and small business development”, in Berbera, Odweyne and Toghdeer districts of Somaliland. This project was a component of the Joint Programme on Youth Employment (YES) between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and United Nations (UN). It aimed to create entrepreneurial and employment opportunities for women and youth to efficiently manage Prosopis pods by processing them into animal livestock feed supplements and charcoal. Moreover, the project established and fostered livestock feed processing cooperatives by creating market linkages.
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa
Topic: Environmental services
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa