In the Sahel, around 65% of the active population works in the agriculture sector and their livelihoods are therefore affected by climate change, markets and environmental factors.
To address these recurrent crises, analytical tools to assess the situation and identify vulnerable
populations have been set in place in the region and refined in recent years. In addition, innovative practices have been developed, to support risk reduction, climate change adaptation, the fight against malnutrition and social protection.
This booklet presents 11 good practices organized around 5 themes, including livestock, with a particular focus on pastoralism.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Climate change, Environmental services, Food security, Gender and youth, Participation, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa
Millions of people worldwide, including pastoralists, depend on the commons for their livelihood, cultural identity and wellbeing. Secure tenure rights to commons can provide incentives for the environmentally sustainable use of natural resources and for responsible investments in the productivity of the resource systems. This guideline proposes strategies to secure legitimate tenure rights to commons including strategies for legal recognition and protection, strategies for implementation by states and rights holders, and, finally, the strategies to support the enjoyment of rights. It also includes seven illustrative cases of practice from around the world, and methodological steps for national and local adaptation.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Food security, Indigenous peoples, Land, Participation
Language: English, Français, Español
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
A case study highlighting how the Oldokhiin Devjikh pastoralist community in Khuld soum (town) of Dundgobi is surviving under challenging climate conditions. In this part of the Gobi Desert, their initiatives involves building relationships between herding livestock in a traditional way and planting trees to cope with sand movement and land degradation and putting efforts into spring water conservation. This community is a member of Mongolian Alliance of Nomadic Indigenous Peoples (MANIP), which is a national network coordinated by pastoralist leaders supported by FAO`s Pastoralist Knowledge Hub programme.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Climate change, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Central Asia
Modern dairy plants buy fresh milk from local farmers and herders to make into many different products. The company pays a fair price, but requires strict hygiene: they only buy milk that is clean and fresh.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy, Value addition
Language: English, Français, Hausa, Yorùbá
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa
Ticks are small creatures like insects that attach to the body of animals to suck their blood. Ticks cause diseases like skin lesions. The animals will become skinny and no longer produce milk.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy
Language: English, Français, Hausa, Yorùbá
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa
Antibiotics are drugs used for killing germs. The drugs can be given by mouth or injected into the animal’s muscle or vein. These drugs go directly into the bloodstream. The blood carries the drug to the udder where it will get into the milk.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy
Language: English, Français, Hausa, Yorùbá
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa
Milk spoils because of germs that are too small to see. The germs grow in the milk and spoil it. Germs multiply faster in warm milk than in cold milk. So move the milk to the collection centre within 30 minutes of milking, or the milk will start to spoil.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy
Language: English, Français, Hausa, Yorùbá
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa
In semi-arid West Africa, farmers and herders explain why and how trees and livestock play a crucial role in obtaining a productive soil and crop. In Niger and Ghana this is one of the strategies of integrated striga and soil fertility management that has a positive effect across agroclimatic zones.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Economy
Language: العربية, Bamanankan, chiCheŵa, English, Français, Hausa, Gĩkũyũ, Português
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: West Africa