This book is a challenge to those who see the drylands as naturally vulnerable to food insecurity and poverty. It argues that improving agricultural productivity in dryland environments is possible by working with climatic uncertainty rather than seeking to control it – a view that runs contrary to decades of development practice in arid and semi-arid lands. Across China, Kenya and India – and most other dryland countries – family farmers and herders relate to the inherent variability of the drylands as a resource to be valued, rather than a problem to be avoided. By exploring these vibrant agricultural economies that take advantage of variability, this book inverts longstanding negative views about food security in the drylands.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Instituto Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (IIED)
Topic: Economía, Seguridad alimentaria, Tierra, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: Global
La présente loi fixe les principes fondamentaux et les règles générales régissant l'aménagement et la gestion des espaces pastoraux et sylvo-pastoraux, l'utilisation et le développement des ressources pastorales, la transhumance pastorale et la mobilité des troupeaux.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Autores individuales
Topic: Tierra, Organización
Language: Français
Type of document: Políticas y legislación
Geographical coverage: Norte de África
L'objectif de cette étude est d’améliorer durablement la gestion des conflits liés à la transhumance transfrontalière en Afrique de l’Ouest, dans un contexte de changements globaux (variabilité et changement climatiques, pression foncière, dégradation de la biodiversité, maladies animales émergentes et ré-émergentes, etc.). Elle a permis notamment d’améliorer les connaissances sur les déterminants de la transhumance transfrontalière et des conflits, d’analyser le cadre politique et juridique, de documenter les innovations et les bonnes pratiques de gestion durable des ressources pastorales, et de proposer des options stratégiques de prises de décision pour une gestion apaisée de la transhumance transfrontalière en Afrique de l’Ouest.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Autores individuales
Topic: Conflicto, Tierra
Language: Français
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Occidental
Resource mapping can assist in investigating rangeland management systems, negotiating resource management plans, and implementing and monitoring progress in Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM). These guidelines, prepared for development practitioners working in the rangelands of Ethiopia, will contribute to achieving more sustainable use of rangeland resources and arresting and reversing degradation. They will thus contribute to improved livestock productivity, greater resilience of pastoralist communities and reduced poverty.
The guidelines outline the three stages of a mapping exercise – preparation, facilitation and validation – and provide information on the purpose, methods and planned outcomes of each stage. The final section brings examples of the practical application of participatory resource mapping within PRM.
Organization: Agence des États-Unis pour le développement international
Topic: Cambio climático, Servicios ambientales, Pueblos indígenas, Tierra, Participación
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Oriental
Although livestock represents a significant portion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and supports millions of livelihoods, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, this sector is seriously constrained by animal diseases, inadequate investments, and unfavourable government policies.
The COMESA Regional Livestock Policy Framework aims to support the strengthening of COMESA to play its role of coordination, harmonization, integration and support to countries with the aim to stimulate a more conducive environment for public and private investments in the livestock sector. It relies heavily on the review of livestock and related policies of member states and expansive body of literature and research on animal agriculture in the COMESA region, the livestock trade, its economics and sociology. This policy has implications for pastoralists in Eastern and Southern Africa, that occupy arid and semi-arid lands and contribute greatly to the livestock economy.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Mercado Común para África Oriental y Meridional
Topic: Economía, Servicios ambientales, Seguridad alimentaria, Resiliencia, Valeur ajoutée
Language: English
Type of document: Políticas y legislación
Geographical coverage: África Oriental, África Meridional
This paper discusses providing education to children from families with mobile livelihoods. It includes case studies from nomadic groups’ education in Kenya, India, Afghanistan and Indonesia.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Autores individuales
Topic: Educación
Language: English
Type of document: Científico
Geographical coverage: Global
Чарогоҳу алафзорҳои табиии Тоҷикистон бештар аз 3,9 млн гектар буда, дар минтақаҳои гуногун – аз водиҳои гармсер то баландкӯҳҳо паҳн шудааст. Иқлиму хокҳои гуногун сабабгори асосии набототи гуногуни чарогоҳу алафзор аст. Дар таркиби набототи чарогоҳ бештар аз 1000 намуди растаниҳои гулдор – алафҳои яксолаю бисёрсола, буттаю нимбуттаҳо вомехӯранд.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Sociedad Alemana de Cooperación Internacional (GIZ)
Topic: Economía
Language: тоҷикӣ / تاجیکی
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: Asia Central
This review draws on examples, interventions and lessons from pastoralist and other livestock systems across the world in order to assist in addressing the following identified problem statement: “Poor conditions of sale discourage market orientation for millions of micro- and small-scale livestock keepers (pastoralists and agropastoralists) across the arid and semi-arid lands of the Horn of Africa, limiting their abilities to effectively deal with risk and increase productivity and wealth.”
Examples are drawn from cases in Botswana, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Benin, Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya, covering initiatives relate to infrastructure, animal health, telecommunications, insurance, sharia-compliant micro-credit, policy, transaction costs, social capital and gender.
Year of publication: 2015Organization:
Topic: Economía, Finanzas, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Oriental, Global