The Greater Karamoja Cluster lies at the crossroads of Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda. In this vast desert region nearly the size of the United Kingdom, crossing borders is a requisite for survival. But in recent decades, competition over natural resources has led to cattle raids and violent conflicts. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has supported a series of community-led initiatives to strengthen pastoralists’ livelihoods, enhance food security and prevent conflict in the region.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Topic: Conflicto, Servicios ambientales, Seguridad alimentaria
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: África Oriental
This video presents 5 scenarios of pastoralism in local development, built through a participative expertise by FAO and partners (CIRAD, ISRA and local organizations) in Burkina-Faso and Togo in 2019-2020. The participative territorial foresight provides decision makers with an innovative tool for dialog. 5 scenarios are described: Ideal, Oasis in the desert, Local crisis, Limited hope, Transhumance in spite of everything. Local stake- holders work together to make concrete proposal to their decision makers. Through a holistic understanding of the territory, they can move towards cross-border local development and achieve the objective of efficient territorial governance in order to live in harmony.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), Autores individuales
Topic: Economía, Servicios ambientales, Seguridad alimentaria, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: África Occidental
La video présente 5 scenarios du pastoralisme dans le développement local, construits par une expertise participative de la FAO et ses partenaires (CIRAD, ISRA et organisations locales) au Burkina-Faso et au Togo en 2019-2020. La prospective territoriale participative fournit aux décideurs un espace de dialogue original. 5 scenarios sont décrits: Idéal, Oasis du désert, Crise locale, Transhumance malgré tout, Espoirs mitigés. Les acteurs locaux travaillent ensemble pour faire des propositions concrètes aux autorités politiques. A travers la compréhension holistique du territoire, ils imaginent un développement transfrontalier réalisant une gouvernance territoriale efficiente pour vivre en harmonie.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), Autores individuales
Topic: Innovación, Participación, Resiliencia
Language: Français
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: África Occidental
La vidéo présente une méthode d’analyse des enjeux de la transhumance transfrontalière, mobilisant la réflexion sur le futur : la prospective territoriale. La méthode a été utilisée au cours d’une étude de cas participative conduite par la FAO et ses partenaires (CIRAD, ISRA et organisations locales) au Burkina Faso et au Togo en 2019-2020, pour permettre aux acteurs locaux d’imaginer différents futurs pour leur territoire, et comprendre comment et pourquoi ces futurs peuvent se produire. Deux questions ont été posées: quels pourraient être les futurs du territoire transfrontalier entre Togo et Burkina Faso en 2035? Quels rôles et quelles fonctions pourrait jouer le pastoralisme dans ces futurs ? Les participants identifient et hiérarchisent les forces motrices et construisent des scenarios.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), Autores individuales
Topic: Innovación, Resiliencia
Language: Français
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: África Occidental
This video presents a way of thinking about the issue of cross-border transhumance by mobilizing a reflection on the future: territorial foresight. The method was implemented during a participative case study conducted by FAO and partners (CIRAD, ISRA, and local organizations) in Burkina Faso and Togo in 2019-2020, with the purpose of enabling local actors to imagine different futures for their territory and to understand how and why these futures may occur. Two main questions were raised: what could be the future of the border territory between Togo and Burkina Faso in 2035? What could then be the roles and functions of pastoralism in these futures? Participants identify and prioritize the driving forces and build scenarios.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), Autores individuales
Topic: Innovación, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: África Occidental
A pesar de su contribución social, económica y ambiental a sus comunidades, los pastores suelen sufrir incomprensión y quedar excluidos de procesos normativos que les afectan. De ahí que la labor de la FAO se centre, entre otras cosas, en sensibilizar sobre la contribución de este colectivo a las economías nacionales y al desarrollo local, así como del sentido de la movilidad transfronteriza y de la gobernanza de la tierra por parte de los pastores. El trabajo de la FAO incluye la asistencia técnica, la promoción política, la creación de capacidades y el intercambio de conocimientos.
Year of publication: 2021Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Topic: Cambio climático, Economía, Servicios ambientales, Seguridad alimentaria, Tierra, Resiliencia
Language: Español
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: Global
Capitalising on sustainable livestock management to ramp down deforestation in dryland forest region
Traditionally, dryland forests and trees in pastoral landscapes have played a critical role in coping with climate variability, particularly in terms of food security and nutrition for local communities. However, traditional and formal tenure rights for trees in agricultural landscapes or the use of nearby forests may differ and vary to a high degree. Tenure may include traditional collection of various fruits and other NTFPs, but more seldom include the use of timber or even the selling of charcoal. The latter hinders efforts to transform land-use systems to give local communities rights and power to manage their natural resources.
What are the examples of successfully securing right in the dryland forest region? Are there any inconsistences between legal and local recognitions of right for different land user in dryland forest? What options are available there for reconciling the different view and improve the integrated management of forest and livestock?
Year of publication: 2020Organization: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
Topic: Servicios ambientales, Innovación, Tierra
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: Global
How best to secure land tenure for pastoralists is an ongoing challenge for governments, practitioners, lawyers, academics, and communities themselves. As a result, pastoral lands continue to be encroached, divided, and lost whilst mobility of people and livestock is blocked. This webinar describes innovations, successful practices and lessons learned from the presenter’s 15-year work on pastoral land tenure and governance. It mainly focuses on how research and technical support to governments, if used as an entry point can lead to policy impacting results.
Year of publication: 2019Organization: Programa de Investigación sobre Cambio Climático, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria (CCAFS), Instituto Internacional de Investigación en Ganadería
Topic: Tierra
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico, Videos
Geographical coverage: África Oriental