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There is new interest and willingness to look afresh at how formal schooling can become compatible with pastoralism. It is becoming clear that Education for All requires a re-thinking of how pastoralists make a living and thus how formal education fits. Pastoralism is and will remain the main economic driver in most dryland regions of Africa, and is important also in semi-arid areas and mountainous highland regions in South Asia. This document presents the problem of the school-based model of formal education and discusses inclusive approaches to pastoral education. 

Year of publication: 2010
Organization: 个人作者 
Topic: 教育
Language: English
Type of document: 技术
Geographical coverage: 全球

Niche marketing can provide opportunities for sustainable production in marginal areas and can improve the livelihoods of livestock keepers and people involved in the processing and trade of products. It may especially benefit women and the poor. It can also be a tool for conserving breeds. This book describes eight cases from Africa, Asia and Latin America where outside interventions have attempted to develop markets for specialty products from local breeds. The book describes various approaches to exploiting a niche market and gives recommendations how to do it.

Year of publication: 2010
Organization: 联合国粮食及农业组织, 国际自然保护联盟, ,  
Topic: 经济, 增加价值
Language: English, Français, Español
Type of document: 技术
Geographical coverage: 全球

This report explores the implications of climate change for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia and Mali. The focus of the report is on local perceptions of changes in climate shocks and stressors. It examines how people respond to these changes, and what constraints they face. Examining local perceptions and responses to change is important because these can help to identify more precisely what support pastoralists require to strengthen their climate resilience. It will also help identify specific constraints that different actors and groups face, and also uncover a more holistic understanding of adaptation in relation to particular socio-economic, political or historical contexts. Drawing on local perceptions, policy makers will be better informed of the impacts of climate change as they are felt on the ground, the challenges and opportunities that pastoralists face in adjusting their livelihoods, and what further assistance should be provided.

Year of publication: 2010
Organization: 个人作者 
Topic: 气候变化, 食品安全, 土著知识, 土著人民, 复原力
Language: English
Type of document: 技术
Geographical coverage: 西部非洲, 东部非洲

Today there are nearly 200 million pastoralists in the world generating income where conventional farming is limited or not possible. However, pastoral communities are marginalized and generally not given due consideration in wider socio-political analysis. This brief paper presents new challenges and opportunities for pastoralism and key issues and questions in project design. 

Year of publication: 2009
Organization: 国际农业发展基金会 
Topic: 经济, 组织, 参与, 复原力, 增加价值
Language: English
Type of document: 技术
Geographical coverage: 全球

Equitable and secure access to land is a critical factor for the rural poor, especially livestock owners, who depend on agriculture and animal-related activities for their livelihood. This thematic paper is based on the assumption that secure investments in livestock infrastructure and assets can be encouraged by ensuring equitable and secure access to land, and that this approach will help reduce rural poverty. To this end, it identifies experiences and lessons learnt regarding livestock and land-related issues, drawing on experiences from IFAD development projects and programmes all over the world, with a special focus on Africa. It examines the following interrelated issues: livestock and access to land, access to reliable sources of water, encroachment, land degradation, grazing and mobility.

Year of publication: 2009
Organization: 国际农业发展基金会 
Topic: 经济, 土地, 增加价值
Language: English
Type of document: 技术
Geographical coverage: 北非, 西部非洲, 中部非洲, 东部非洲, 南部非洲

This paper addresses the challenge of educating nomadic peoples in the context of rapid global socio-economic change. First, it maps out the conceptual terrain, analysing the key debates in relation to terms that are often misleadingly used as if they are interchangeable – education, schooling, and learning. Second, the paper reviews successful and innovative approaches to education provision around the world that can inform and inspire new approaches to nomadic education. 

Year of publication: 2009
Organization: 国际环境与发展研究所 
Topic: 教育
Language: English
Type of document: 科学
Geographical coverage: 全球

This report examines if and how different wealth groups benefit from the livestock export trade. It looks in detail at the household-level economic strategies of different pastoralist wealth groups and their marketing behaviors. It also explores the apparent contradiction between increasing levels of pastoralist destitution in the Horn of Africa, and increasing exports of livestock and livestock products. The publication concludes that in terms of poverty reduction, poorer herders benefit least from livestock exports.

Year of publication: 2009
Organization:  
Topic: 经济, 增加价值
Language: English
Type of document: 技术
Geographical coverage: 东部非洲

This book is about the critical role mobile livestock keeping plays in the economic prosperity of Africa's drylands. Pastoralism rellies on unique production strategies with the ability to move being most critical. New policies and innovative practices for pastoralist mobility are beginning to take root in many parts of dryland Africa. Livestock mobility is a modern approach to poverty alleviation and accelerated development. Supporting mobility does not require huge financial investment: it requires refreshed thinking and clearer understanding. This book is a starting point.

Year of publication: 2009
Organization: 国际环境与发展研究所 
Topic: 气候变化, 经济, 食品安全, 土地, 复原力, 增加价值
Language: English, Français
Type of document: 技术
Geographical coverage: 西部非洲, 东部非洲