Millions of people rely on the Sahel’s drylands, whose livelihoods depend on livestock production. However, comparably lower investments were recently made towards people in these areas that, in addition to chronic poverty, food insecurity and conflict, have suffered from the effects...

Pastoralism can be considered as one of the best examples of agroecology in practice”, says Hassan Roba, himself a pastoralist and now working with the Christensen Fund, at the second International Symposium on Agroecology that took place at the FAO...

South Africa’s agricultural sector is responsible for devastating impacts on the environment. Most South African farms are privately owned, commercial operations, a fact that has somewhat naturally led to a one-dimensional approach to management: they’re out to make a profit. Many...

L’insécurité alimentaire induite par la sécheresse généralisée qui sévit actuellement dans la Corne de l’Afrique a déclenché une crise humanitaire régionale, touchant en particulier les communautés possédant du bétail. Abdal Monium Osman, de la Division des urgences et de la réhabilitation de la FAO, et Cyril Ferrand, Responsable de l’équipe chargée des programmes de résilience en Afrique de l’Est, expliquent le travail de la FAO en vue d’améliorer la résilience des moyens d’existence pastoraux.
Q. Comment les communautés pastorales arrivent-elles à survivre après une grave sécheresse comme celles de 2011 et de 2017 ? A. Les communautés pastorales reposent sur un ensemble de stratégies permettant de stimuler et d’améliorer la résilience. Le fait de mobiliser les...

In Ethiopia’s southeast region, livestock are essential for survival. “We were pure herders. We used to follow the water and grass,” said Mahabo Hassen, a female livestock owner from the outskirts of Warder, in Ethiopia’s Somali Region.
22/03/2018 The animals provide families with milk to drink and to make butter and yoghurt. Male camels and donkeys are also used to fetch water and transport grain. Sheep or goat hides, or rope made from camel skins also generates income....