This WeCaN Nurturing Community of Knowledge Practice for Women policy brief focuses on advancing women's leadership in dryland regions through the three Rs: rights, representation and resources. It includes useful case studies collected from WeCaN members across many dryland areas, showcasing the benefits of strong women leadership on environments and communities.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Gender and youth, Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
This policy brief explores the low demand for formal weather forecasts by pastoralists. Such low demand was seen to result from a mismatch between the information needs and systems of pastoralists and how weather information is translated and transferred to them in northern Kenya. Particular problems include: how the certainty of forecasts is conveyed to pastoral users; recognising diversity among pastoralists (particularly gender), and how it impacts information needs, channels, dissemination and use; and the potential for forecasts to increase resource competition.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Climate change
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
Ce guide est un outil destiné aux acteurs de terrain au Sénégal. Il vise à contribuer à l'amélioration de la gouvernance des terres pastorales, en particulier à la prévention et à la résolution de conflits ainsi qu'au développement de processus de consultation inclusifs. Ce guide est unique en cela qu'il a été développé en collaboration avec les organisations pastorales et les éleveurs pastoraux du pays. Ce sera un outil concret pour aider les acteurs et actrices à résoudre les conflits relatifs à l'accès aux ressources naturelles à l'échelle locale.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Land
Language: Français
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa
There is an enormous backlash against animal farming. But from the perspective of food security and agroecology, a world without livestock is hardly feasible. Our author maintains that, instead of demonising the sector because of its negative environmental impact, one should look to pastoralists to see how livestock systems can be designed in such a way that they adhere to planetary boundaries.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Education, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
The study examines land tenure and governance in the Waldaa community in Kenya. It finds that despite lacking formal registration, the community has maintained collective rights to land and resources. However, external pressures like the Community Land Act and climate change threaten these rights. The study emphasizes the need for community-based land governance and inclusive discussions to address these challenges and ensure the sustainability of pastoral livelihoods.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
Climate change and land-use pressures threaten the livelihoods of pastoralists in Burkina Faso. The study examines the traditional land tenure practices of pastoralists in the Zoundweogo Province and identifies challenges such as encroachment by agriculture and inadequate law enforcement. It recommends a balanced approach to land management that safeguards customary practices while providing legal protection for pastoralists.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa
Pastoralists in Sudan face insecurity of land tenure, despite relying on customary systems for managing grazing lands. The study examines the challenges faced by pastoralists in North Kordofan State, including limited mobility, resource competition, and the threat of land privatization. It highlights the need for formalizing pastoral land rights while preserving traditional practices to ensure the sustainability of pastoral livelihoods.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Central Africa
This article explores the recent history of early warning systems in Kenya, determining key features of the entangled political, technical and conceptual processes that prefigure contemporary drought management there. In doing so, it draws out wider implications regarding drought and anticipatory action across Africa’s drylands, considering the friction between the dynamics of disaster risk management that structure formal early warning systems and those that shape pastoralist engagements with the volatile and uncertain worlds they inhabit.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Climate change, Environmental services, Land, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa