These reports detail evidence and data of long-term changes in the drylands of Eastern Africa and the implications of these for efforts to strengthen resilience within pastoral systems. A new framework and approach - Pastoralist Livelihood Systems Analysis - has been used to analyse the dynamics and impacts of change over time in five pastoral systems in the region: the Somali zone of Ethiopia, the Borana Plateau in southern Ethiopia, the South Rift Valley in Kenya, the Karamoja region of Uganda, and Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan. The studies are based on a review of over 400 scholarly and grey literature reports, as well as assessment of over 100 data-sets from the region.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Scientific
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
This publication reviews how land tenure practices are evolving in pastoralist societies, in the face of a series of challenges. It draws particularly on a comparative study of the Andean altiplano and the East African savannah, to identify land tenure policies that enhance the sustainability of pastoral productive systems.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Evidence and lessons from Latin America (ELLA)
Topic: Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
A wide range of medicinal plants are used to treat diseases and health conditions in animals. This manual documents these ethnoveterinary practices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and describes 53 of the plants used. It looks at how agroforestry can help preserve some of these important and vulnerable medicinal species.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Topic: Indigenous knowledge
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
The sub-group "Pastoralism" of SDC’s Agriculture and Food Security Network carried out a process of capitalising on experiences related to core challenges in supporting pastoral development in Africa. As a key output, a series of briefs on priority themes have been produced. These are complemented by a multimedia story of the process. Experience capitalization can serve as a good practice for cross-country and cross-regional learning processes.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: SDC Agriculture and Food Security Network
Topic: Economy, Land, Resilience
Language: English, Français
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
In the 2003-2013 decade a total of 194 projects related to pastoral development were formulated by FAO and IFAD and US$1.2 billion were allocated. This joint evaluation synthesis presents findings and lessons learned as well as identifies recommendations that inform ongoing and future activities undertaken by FAO and IFAD in pastoral development.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Topic: Economy, Finance, Social services
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
Pastoralist organizations from Eastern and Southern Africa urge policy makers and international organizations to listen to pastoralists’ voices better and to take action in favour of pastoralism. This declaration expresses their needs, priorities and recommendations. This document was prepared at the pastoralist gathering in January 2016 in Lukenya, Kenya.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Participation
Language: English
Type of document: Policies and legislation
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
La Déclaration de Hammamet, préparée lors de la réunion des représentants des pastoralistes en Afrique du Nord et en Asie Occidentale, invitent les États et les institutions de coopération technique à adopter et mettre en œuvre des politiques publiques favorables au développement de l’élevage et du pastoralisme, et à engager la mise en œuvre de mesures appropriées pour promouvoir un environnement propice au développement de l’élevage et du pastoralisme en Afrique du Nord et en Asie Occidentale.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Participation
Language: العربية, Français
Type of document: Policies and legislation
Geographical coverage: Near East, North Africa
This film presents extracts from interviews with three reindeer herders from the Sami community of Sirges in Jokkmokk, Sweden. The herders attest to the importance of biological diversity for their herding livelihood and their dependence on the health of the boreal forest ecosystem. This film was produced for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). A summary of the main findings can be found here.
Year of publication: 2016Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Environmental services, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous peoples
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: Europe