Access to productive rangeland has long been a critical issue affecting pastoralists in Ethiopia. This work facilitated a review of a specific set of changes to rangeland management in Ethiopia, that is, the establishment of rangeland enclosures. The review considered the development of rangeland enclosures in Ethiopia and examined how different actors perceive the likely impact of enclosures on pastoralist livelihoods. Central to the review was the need to understand impact by pastoralist wealth group. The review process involved a literature review, field assessments in Borana and Somali pastoralist areas to understand current perceptions of the benefits of enclosures, particularly for poorer pastoralists, and finally, local stakeholder review workshops.
Year of publication: 2011Organization:
Topic: Économie, Régime foncier
Language: English
Type of document: Technique
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
The Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda has seen a precipitous decline in access to and availability of animal milk at the household level in recent years. This change has affected livelihoods, food security, and the nature of market exchanges, but has had the greatest impact on the diets and nutrition of young children.
The objective of the study was to understand how milk had changed in the diets of children under age five and in household livelihood strategies. To that end, the project sought to understand the sources of milk coming into the household, the uses of milk within households, and the role milk played within the diets of children. The project then examined how these factors had changed over time.
The findings showed that households have seen a sharp reduction in milk from their own herds, and seek to compensate for this loss with purchased milk. Overall milk supply within households in all areas has drastically reduced due to multiple years of drought, livestock loss, and the erosion of animal-based livelihoods.
Year of publication: 2011Organization:
Topic: Sécurité alimentaire
Language: English
Type of document: Scientifique
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
Le présent rapport, basé sur 21 études de cas provenant de 17 pays de quatre continents, décrit la manière dont les pasteurs sont parvenus à défendre/faire valoir leurs droits fonciers. La question initiale était de savoir quels facteurs contribuent à consolider les droits des pasteurs sur la terre foncière et les ressources. En raison de leur mode de vie et de leurs traditions, les pasteurs sont pris dans un cercle vicieux de marginalisation, de discrimination, de perte d’identité et de confiance. Pourtant, le message implicite des études de cas est que le succès est encore possible.
Year of publication: 2011Organization: Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (IUCN)
Topic: Régime foncier
Language: English, Français, Español
Type of document: Technique
Geographical coverage: Global
This report assesses the contribution of livestock to the Kenyan national economy. Livestock specialists frequently argue that livestock production is underrepresented in the GDP estimates of African nations. With respect to Kenya this argument is confirmed. The report provides an estimate of the pastoral livestock population in Kenya and its monetary value.
This report also comes with a policy brief.
Year of publication: 2011Organization: Institut de recherches et d'application de méthodes de développement (IRAM)
Topic: Économie
Language: English
Type of document: Technique
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
Pastoralists depend on water for sustaining herds, as well as for their own health and survival. When water availability declines, pastoralists have to move their herds elsewhere to avoid their depletion and consequent impoverishment. Water for livestock needs has received little attention from policy makers and practitioners in the water sector.
This policy brief summarizes the findings from a literature review and research in the districts of Longido and Hanang Districts in Northern Tanzania. It recognises the rationale of pastoral livelihood systems, and calls for further research and support to develop water supply, sanitation and hygiene solutions that are in harmony with such a livelihood system.
Year of publication: 2011Organization:
Topic: Résilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technique, Politiques et législation
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
Au Niger, la campagne agropastorale 2009-2010, a été caractérisée par un déficit fourrager jamais égalé au niveau de toutes les régions du pays. Cette situation a entrainé en 2010 une crise pastorale sévère, face à laquelle des initiatives pour l’atténuation de ses effets ont été pensées et mises en oeuvre. En plus, de l’importance du déficit fourrager, la réaction tardive des autorités pour juguler la crise ainsi que l’installation tardive de la saison des pluies en zone pastorale, ont aggravé la situation avec des pertes énormes du capital bétail. Prenant en compte de cette douloureuse expérience l’Etat du Niger à travers le Ministère en charge de l’Elevage et ses partenaires au développement ont initié la présente étude afin de faire une évaluation rapide de l’impact de cette crise sur le monde pastoral et agropastoral. L’exercice a consisté à collecter et à analyser des informations qualitatives et quantitatives auprès des ménages sinistrés au niveau des sites retenus. Le présent document fait l’économie des principaux résultats inhérents à l’étude.
Year of publication: 2011Organization: Auteurs individuels
Topic: Changement climatique, Économie, Sécurité alimentaire
Language: Français
Type of document: Technique
Geographical coverage: Afrique occidentale
In this video Maasai elders in Kenya recall the devastation they have seen caused by rinderpest, or cattle plague. For millennia, the virus was a threat to animal health and human livelihoods, until a global FAO-led programme was successful in eradicating it in 2011.
Year of publication: 2011Organization: Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO)
Topic: Services de santé, Résilience
Language: English
Type of document: Vidéos
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
This briefing provides arguments for the establishment of a collaborative crossborder transhumance management strategy between the two countries. It draws on examples of initiatives developed in West Africa.
Year of publication: 2011Organization: Union européenne (EU)
Topic: Conflit, Les savoirs autochtones, Innovation, Organisation, Participation
Language: English
Type of document: Politiques et législation
Geographical coverage: Afrique occidentale, Afrique orientale