Resilience is defined as the ability of people to mitigate, weather, and “bounce back” from shocks or adversity. However, understanding the resilience of people and their livelihoods to the kinds of shocks and stresses associated with violent conflict requires a different set of analyses. This paper reviews over fifteen years of research by the Feinstein International Center, Freidman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in order to examine the nexus of conflict, livelihoods, and resilience.
Year of publication: 2017Organization: Feinstein International Center
Topic: Climate change, Conflict, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a deadly, fast spreading viral disease that kills 90% of the animals it infects. This affects 300 million families across Africa, Middle East, Turkey and Asia, pushing them into poverty and food insecurity. But PPR is easily diagnosed and can be prevented with a reliable and affordable vaccine that provides lifelong immunity from the disease.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OiE) have been working with communities and governments around the world on a global strategy to end PPR and move a step closer to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This video aims to create awareness about the disease as a step towards its control and complete eradication by 2030.
Year of publication: 2017Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
Topic: Economy, Food security, Resilience, Social services
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: Global
This edition of Nature & Faune journal explores the intricacies of sustainable pastoralism and rangeland management in Africa. It contains articles on the realities of livestock production in Africa, including: extensive rangeland conditions; rangeland ecosystems and sustainability; wildlife benefits and conflicts in pastoral systems; land tenure systems in pastoral settings, forest feed for livestock; animal disease control; agro-silvo-pastoralism; and impact of livestock on water and soil degradation.
Year of publication: 2017Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Climate change, Conflict, Gender and youth, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous peoples, Innovation, Land, Participation
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
The Biocultural Community Protocol (BCP) describes the camel breeders of Rajasthan, India, and their traditional lifestyle that promotes the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. It describes the challenges that the camel breeders face from the disappearance of grazing areas, spread of disease and lack of market development. It concludes with suggested interventions that will support conservation and sustainable use of the camels.
Year of publication: 2017Organization: Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan (LPPS)
Topic: Economy, Environmental services, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous peoples
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: South Asia
Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis, is widely considered as a major constraint on livestock production and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa. This study conducted in the IGAD region maps the maximum economic gain if losses due to trypanosomosis in cattle were to be removed. At a regional level, the map shows where the benefits of controlling the disease would be highest. Different approaches to dealing with either tsetse or trypanosomosis would enable some or all of these benefits to be realized, over smaller or larger areas.
Year of publication: 2017Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Economy, Healthcare
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
Pastoralist communities in Karamoja and Turkana negotiate with their neighbors to access water and pasture to keep their livestock alive. The communities are using their negotiation, networking and relationship building skills to access resources critical for their survival.
Year of publication: 2017Organization: The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA)
Topic: Food security, Indigenous peoples, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
Newsletter containing updates of activities, events and experiences from among pastoral civil society organizations.
Year of publication: 2017Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Food security, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous peoples, Participation
Language: English
Type of document: Newletters
Geographical coverage: Global
Did you know that securing the future of pastoralism is central to attaining food security for the over 25% of the population that lives in dry lands? Pastoralism has been proven to increase the adaptive capacity for these communities enabling them to build resilience to attain food security.
Year of publication: 2017Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Food security
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa