Pastoralism can be considered as one of the best examples of agroecology in practice”, says Hassan Roba, himself a pastoralist and now working with the Christensen Fund, at the second International Symposium on Agroecology that took place at the FAO...

South Africa’s agricultural sector is responsible for devastating impacts on the environment. Most South African farms are privately owned, commercial operations, a fact that has somewhat naturally led to a one-dimensional approach to management: they’re out to make a profit. Many...

La actual sequía en el Cuerno de África ha sido generalizada y provocado una inseguridad alimentaria que ha llevado a una crisis humanitaria regional, en particular entre las comunidades que viven de la cría de ganado. Abdal Monium Osman, Oficial superior de Emergencias y Rehabilitación de la FAO, y Cyril Ferrand, Jefe del Equipo de Resiliencia para África oriental, explican qué está haciendo la FAO para ayudar a mejorar la resiliencia de los medios de subsistencia pastoriles.
P. ¿Cómo sobrevive el sistema pastoril tras una sequía severa, como las de 2011 y 2017? R. El sistema pastoril emplea diversas estrategias para recuperarse y mejorar su resiliencia. Estas estrategias incluyen la participación de los pastores para explotar los recursos...

In Ethiopia’s southeast region, livestock are essential for survival. “We were pure herders. We used to follow the water and grass,” said Mahabo Hassen, a female livestock owner from the outskirts of Warder, in Ethiopia’s Somali Region.
22/03/2018 The animals provide families with milk to drink and to make butter and yoghurt. Male camels and donkeys are also used to fetch water and transport grain. Sheep or goat hides, or rope made from camel skins also generates income....

Below-average rains forecast for Somalia could lead to devastating cattle losses and intensify malnutrition in the Horn of Africa nation, the United Nations food security agency has warned.
The grim scenario follows massive livestock deaths due to drought – up to 60 per cent of herds in some areas – that have severely damaged pastoralists’ livelihoods. “Somalia is traditionally an agro-pastoral economy [and] livestock losses have severely affected its economy...