The AniTerrAE project (Animals in Territories for Agroecology: Contribution of differentiation approaches to sustainable and resilient food systems), funded by the Federal Office for Agriculture of Switzerland (FOAG), is being implemented in eight countries, including Kenya. In Southern Kenya, the...

The programme is expected to directly benefit more than 100,000 households across Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda
Nairobi/Rome — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) have signed a four-year 47 million euro programme designed to strengthen the resilience of pastoralists in Eastern Africa. The initiative, named “Pastoralism and Livestock Adaptation...

Adopting innovation and technology in camel herding practices to enhance livelihoods in Mongolia
In the heart of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, Nergui Ochirbat tends to his herd of 30 Bactrian camels. He has been rearing camels for over 30 years, having inherited a few from his parents. "Camels are quite resilient and docile...

Camelids, including camels, llamas, and alpacas, are an important source of protein and fibre for communities throughout the world. They provide food security and nutrition through milk and meat, transportation and labor for communities in arid regions, and serve as...

Rangelands cover 54% of all land; as much as 50% are degraded, imperilling 1/6th of humanity’s food supply, 1/3rd of Earth’s carbon reservoir  UNCCD report points way to restore, better manage rangelands, urges protection of pastoralism Bonn/Ulaanbaatar – Degradation of Earth’s extensive, often immense natural...