Pastoralism is the main livelihood of an estimated 268 million people in Africa’s drylands. It represents one of the most viable – and sometimes the only suitable – livelihood options for the drylands. Pastoralist populations are increasingly vulnerable to malnutrition and food insecurity. Their capacity to adapt to and recover from crises declines in the face of recurrent and often overlapping shocks. This paper presents efforts to reducing risks, addressing vulnerability and enhancing resilience of pastoralist communities. Pastoralist communities are key actors and an integral part of a lasting solution to ensure the stability of Africa’s drylands.
Year of publication: 2018Organization: Продовольственная и сельскохозяйственная организация Объединенных Наций
Topic: Изменение климата, Конфликт, Экономика, Экологические услуги, Продовольственная безопасность, Земля, Быстрая восстанавливаемость, Социальные услуги
Language: English
Type of document: Технический
Geographical coverage: Северная Африка, Западная Африка, Центральная Африка, Восточная Африка, Южная Африка
This report analyses poverty in Karamoja from the perspective of livestock ownership, and uses a livestock threshold to categorize households as poor and non-poor. High levels of livestock poverty are then discussed in relation to programming and policy options. The analysis uses raw data from a recent livestock population survey to analyze livestock ownership in Karamoja. The survey did not collect information on the ownership of camels, donkeys or poultry, and so overall, the livestock ownership results in the analysis are an under-estimate of actual ownership. It covered the six main livestock-rearing districts of Karamoja viz. Napak, Nakapiripirit, Moroto, Kaabong, Kotido, and Amudat.
Year of publication: 2018Organization: Индивидуальные авторы
Topic: Экономика
Language: English
Type of document: Технический
Geographical coverage: Восточная Африка
Drawing upon the author's extensive field research among pastoral peoples in the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean, and on more than 30 years of comparative study of pastoralists around the world, Pastoralists is an authoritative synthesis of the varieties of pastoral life. At an ethnographic level, the concise volume provides detailed analyses of divergent types of pastoral societies, including segmentary tribes, tribal chiefdoms, and peasant pastoralists. At the same time, it addresses a set of substantive theoretical issues: ecological and cultural variation, equality and inequality, hierarchy and the basis of power, and state power and resistance. The book validates "pastoralists" as a conceptual category even as it reveals the diversity of societies, subsistence strategies, and power arrangements subsumed by that term.
Year of publication: 2018Organization: Индивидуальные авторы
Topic: Экономика, Организация
Language: English
Type of document: Технический
Geographical coverage: Глобальный
This paper presents a systematic study of the factors relating to the decline in the use of caravans in northwestern Argentina based on data collected from 2013 to 2017. Three reasons are offered (two socioeconomic and one environmental) to explain the observed decline: (a) the presence of a growing textile industry in Bolivia, with an increase in the demand for camelid fiber; (b) the improvement in living conditions in Bolivia; and (c) the drought that affected the area, with very little pasture for the animals on their route.
Year of publication: 2018Organization: Индивидуальные авторы
Topic: Экологические услуги, Участие
Language: English
Type of document: Научный
Geographical coverage: Латинская Америка
Camilla Toulmin, of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), explains why uncertainty is a useful lens for looking at pastoralism, and how the PASTRES project could contribute to the debate about pastoral development.
Year of publication: 2018Organization: Международный институт по окружающей среде и развитию
Topic: Изменение климата, Быстрая восстанавливаемость
Language: English
Type of document: Видео
Geographical coverage: Глобальный
This manual shows how pastoralists and other livestock-keeping communities can draw up a community protocol about their animal breed or production system. It describes why they should consider producing a community protocol, walks through the steps of doing so, and advices how to use the finished document. It explains in easy language the complex concepts of access and benefit sharing and how the community protocol can be used within the legal system. This manual is aimed at community leaders and organizations, nongovernment organizations and all those concerned with managing and conserving animal breeds and production systems.
Year of publication: 2018Organization: ,
Topic: Экологические услуги, Коренные знания, Организация
Language: English
Type of document: Технический
Geographical coverage: Глобальный
Securing rangelands is an important ongoing debate because of the complex planning needed for their use and their lack of recognition or protection. The Land Portal Foundation and the Rangelands Initiative of the International Land Coalition facilitated an online debate wherein potential solutions were discussed for making rangelands more secure. This opened up space for dialogue on these issues, helped identify good practice and develop some agreement about what should be prioritised. The summaries of these debates are presented in this paper.
Year of publication: 2018Organization: Индивидуальные авторы,
Topic: Земля
Language: English
Type of document: Технический
Geographical coverage: Глобальный
Les conflits violents impliquant des pasteurs ont augmenté dans certaines régions de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Sahel ces dernières années, réclamant des milliers de vies dans la région.Ces conflits sont principalement entraînés par une concurrence pour la terre, l’eau et le fourrage, mais il y a aussi des facteurs politiques et socio-économiques impliqués.La principale question est de savoir comment ces ressources naturelles sont gérées et allouées.Il est essentiel de se concentrer sur les questions relatives aux droits fonciers et à la gestion des ressources naturelles.Pour promouvoir la coexistence pacifique, une stratégie de communication régionale est nécessaire pour sensibiliser les agriculteurs aux relations et aux moyens des éleveurs.
Year of publication: 2018Organization: Экономическая комиссия для Африки
Topic: Конфликт, Земля, Социальные услуги
Language: Français
Type of document: Технический
Geographical coverage: Западная Африка