Pastoralism — the act of tending to and caring for livestock — is a tradition that embodies resilience, strength and perseverance. The practice evolved more than 6,000 years ago in response to environmental and climate variability....

The International Land Coalition (ILC) this week joined the FAO-led Pastoralist Knowledge Hub to support pastoralist communities. ILC is a coalition of 207 organisations in 64 countries. It promotes secure...

Thirty-five experts from Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt, Fiji, Haiti, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda, as well as from the African Union Commission and from international organisations such as IGAD, NGARA, ICRAF,...

In Somali Region of southeastern Ethiopia, the ongoing drought – the most severe in half a century due to the effects of El Niño – has caused critical feed and...

The Touareg, Fulani and other pastoralists in West and Central Africa face many challenges: barriers to their mobility, poor security, uncertain land governance, climate change, rapid population growth and inadequate...

Pastoralist organizations participated in the first high-level conference of the Regional Sahel Pastoralism Support Project (PRAPS) on 15-17 March in Dakar, Senegal. Together with other stakeholders, they drafted recommendations on planning...

The Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), with the technical and financial support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has launched a technical Platform...

Ministers from African countries North and South of the Sahara and their development partners are meeting in Dakar, Senegal, at a High-Level conference organized by the African Union to accelerate...

Pastoralism can be environment-friendly and can also be a source of sustainable production.  An animated debate by key-players in the livestock sector demonstrated pastoralism’s ability to promote healthy ecosystems in...

In Somali Region, in southeast Ethiopia, the ongoing drought – the most severe in half a century due to the effects of El Niño – has caused critical feed and...

Actions to eliminate peste des petits ruminants (PPR) have been rolled out in the major regions 20 June 2016, Ethiopia - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is implementing a...

With funding from the European Union (EU), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is piloting an alternative model for pastoralist livelihood and education in South Sudan’s Lakes State....

Nationwide floods have levelled another blow to the recovery process for drought-affected pastoralists inEthiopia. Well over 55 000 hectares of land – much of it pasture– has been flooded since late April....

Ethiopia’s pastoral lowlands are bisected by a number of major river systems like the Awash River in Afar, which runs throughout the arid region. Awash and systems like the Wabe...

A first African Drought Conference was held under the auspices of the African Union in Windhoek, Namibia, this week, as a follow-up to the High-level Meeting on National Drought Policies (HMNDP),...

Climate-related phenomena like El Niño and La Niña, have, in the last several decades, increased both in frequency and ferocity, hitting global agriculture with a blunt and brutal force. Typically, once every ten...

Promoting dialogue, fostering partnerships and finding solutions for the challenges that pastoralists are facing: these are the goals of the Pastoralism and Transhumance Platform, a multi-stakeholder initiative launched in March...

In collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the ECOWAS Commission is holding a 5-Day regional workshop of Animal health experts, production networks, senior regional government officials and representatives...

FAO's top three priorities in improving livelihoods in Angola are strengthening smallholder production and productivity to improve food security and nutrition, strengthening sustainable management of natural resources and increasing resilience...

Insecure land rights, extreme weather, rising population and increasing livestock numbers are some factors that cause conflicts in pastoral areas of the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. A better understanding...