Indigenous Food Systems, Agroecology and the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure
07/10/2024
On the 2-3 February 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations organized a technical meeting between Indigenous Peoples' representatives and FAO staff. The meeting was attended by more than twenty indigenous peoples from the seven socio-cultural regions identified by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues...
Indigenous Latin America in the Twenty-First Century
07/10/2024
Based on a survey of census and household data across the region, this report finds that there are structural conditions that might anchor indigenous peoples to poverty and preclude their full potential for economic opportunity. These conditions are animportant focus of the World Bank’s agenda for the region and beyond.
Kenyan Maasai pastoralists learn to cherish horticulture as crops thrive despite drought
07/10/2024
Throughout their history, the semi-nomadic Maasai people have relied solely on herding for survival, viewingtheir livestock as both a sign and source of wealth. However, increasingly frequent and severe drought acrosssouthern Kenya and northern Tanzania – along with a lack of land, has meant devastating losses to cattle herds. In response, the government has...
Tenure of indigenous peoples territories and REDD+ as a forestry management incentive: the case of Mesoamerican countries
07/10/2024
Programmes to reduce emissions from deforestation and ecosystem degradation, such as REDD+ and other forestry incentive programmes, including Payment for Environmental Services (PES), could represent an opportunity to strengthen processes of conservation, sustainable usage and poverty reduction in the Mesoamerican region, particularly in indigenous territories and communities. Analysing the context...
The Utilization of Indigenous Knowledge in Range Management and Forage Plants for Improving Livestock Productivity and Food Security in the Maasai and Barbaig Communities of KIBAHA
07/10/2024
The Maasai and Barbaig pastoral communities possess an enormous range of IK on animal health, forage plants and range management, which greatly increases animal survival and overall animal productivity, and thus household food security. Despite its overwhelming potential, the knowledge of Maasai and Barbaig is not accorded the same recognition as...
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Understanding the indigenous knowledge and information systems of pastoralists in Eritrea
07/10/2024
The purpose of the study is to contribute to the conceptual development of demand-led extension and advisory services aimed at nomadic herders in Eritrea, through a better understanding of pastoralists’ traditional natural resources management practices and their own sources and channels of information, as a prerequisite for future fieldwork. This...