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Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty: A case study of Karrayu Communities in Upper Awash Valley, Ethiop
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty: A case study of Karrayu Communities in Upper Awash Valley, Ethiopia By Girum Getachew and Detlef Müller-Mahn Karrayu pastoralist communities have exhibited livelihood changes over the past half a century. These changes have been triggered

Mobility and the sustainability of pastoral production system in Africa: The past and the future
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Gufu Oba Ever since the 1982 Nairobi conference on the “future of the nomadic peoples” a good deal of research into different aspects of Pastoralism has produced some valuable results. Yet, after nearly three decades, there is as much

Impact assessment of the Save the Children USA LEAP Health Program, Afdher and Dolobay Woredas, Soma
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Impact assessment of the Save the Children USA LEAP Health Program, Afdher and Dolobay Woredas, Somali Region, Ethiopia BY Gezu Bekele, Andy Catley, Alison Napier and Adrian Cullis The Somali Region in eastern Ethiopia is one of the least developed

Factors Affecting Participation of Pastoral Cattle Keepers in Cattle Marketing in Uganda
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Ruhangawebare Godfrey, Mpairwe Denis, Mutetikka David, Bashaasha Bernard and Jorgen Madsen Although livestock production has been identified in the Development Strategy and Investment Plan as a key sector to improve household incomes and food security, cattle sector has not

Conflicts of Values and Interests: The Lost Opportunity to Conserve a Productive Landscape of Wildli
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Conflicts of Values and Interests: The Lost Opportunity to Conserve a Productive Landscape of Wildlife and Pastoralism By Charles Muchunguzi andArthur Mugisha and Mark Infield Ankole Nshara rangelands lying in a rain shadow between Lake Victoria and Karinzu forests in mid

The political economy of land reform in pastoral areas
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Hubert Ouedraogo In the last decade land reform in pastoral areas has gathered pace across Africa. From the Code Rurale in West African states to village land use planning in Tanzania, policy and legislation has taken positive steps towards

Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: consequences and implications for the Future of Pastoralism
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Ericksen, P., Thornton, P.K., Ayantunde, A., Herrero, M., Said, M., de Leeuw, J. Managing climate variability and climate risk is at the heart of pastoralism. The consequences and implications of climate change are therefore of paramount importance to pastoral

Elite Pastoralism: An Invisible Hand Grabbing Land in the Uganda Cattle Corridor
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Charles Muchunguzi and Martin R. Doornbos Recent trends in the Uganda cattle corridor point to the emergence of growing phenomenon of land speculation and accumulation by a group of affluent and influential pastoralists and other livestock keepers. Economic, political

“Responsible Companies and African Livestock-Keepers: Teaching but not Learning”
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By John Morton There is some evidence that companies, both multinational and African, operating from motivations that can be very broadly labelled “Corporate Social Responsibility”, can make contributions to pastoral development – or at the very least that useful development

Replacing Pastoralism with Irrigated Agriculture in the Awash Valley, North-Eastern Ethiopia: Counti
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Replacing Pastoralism with Irrigated Agriculture in the Awash Valley, North-Eastern Ethiopia: Counting the Costs By R. Behnke and C. Kerven About half of the irrigated land in Ethiopia lies in the Awash Valley. The bulk of this land was once

Structural and procedural properties important in promoting bio-enterprises as alternative…
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Structural and procedural properties important in promoting bio-enterprises as alternative livelihoods to pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods By Chinwe Ifejika Speranza and Susie Wrend Alternative livelihoods to pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods are increasingly gaining attention in rural development but few empirical

Larsen, K – Abstarct Future Of Pastoralism AddisAbaba March2011 (2)
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Changing Circumstances, Flexibility and Adjustments: The case of the Hawawir in Northern Sudan By Kjersti Larsen This paper explores the emergence of small towns or settlements in pastoral areas and how both new forms of social, economic and spatial organization as

Economic empowerment for pastoralist women in the Horn of Africa: Comparative reflections on policy
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Economic empowerment for pastoralist women in the Horn of Africa: Comparative reflections on policy and practice. By Everse Ruhindi This paper discusses PENHA’s experience with women’s economic empowerment projects in pastoral areas of Uganda, Somaliland and Sudan, and presents insights

Elite Pastoralism: An Invisible Hand Grabbing Land in the Uganda Cattle Corridor
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Charles Muchunguzi and Martin R. Doornbos Recent trends in the Uganda cattle corridor point to the emergence of growing phenomenon of land speculation and accumulation by a group of affluent and influential pastoralists and other livestock keepers. Economic, political

Marie Monimart Abstract English
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
In Eastern Niger, the Diffa region, cross border with Chad and Nigeria, offers a wide ethnic and ecological variety – from the Sahara desert North to the Lake Chad South. Diverse groups of mobile pastoralists – Arabs, Fulanis, WoDaaBe, Tubus,

Reaching Pastoralists with Formal Education
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Saverio Krätli Global progress towards Education For All (EFA) is leaving pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia far behind despite of their growing desire for formal education. The dominant strategy of formal education provision, the ‘classroom’ model, routinely

David Nkedianye – Abstract For Addis March 2011
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By David  Nkedianye The future of Pastoralism in Africa will depend on a number of key factors that are social-cultural, biophysical, economic and policy-related in nature within local and international confines. Within countries, policies to mitigate climate change, ensure mobility,

Marie Monimart Abstract French 11.01.11
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Au Niger oriental, la région de Diffa, zone frontalière avec le Tchad et le Nigeria, présente une très forte diversité humaine et écologique – du désert du Sahara au nord aux rives du lac Tchad au sud. Différents groupes de

Simone Rettberg – 101215 Abstract The Future Of Pastoralism
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Multiple dimensions of pastoral conflict over land and territory within the Afar region of Ethiopia By Simone Rettberg This presentation deals with the structural causes, impacts and mutual linkages of different violent conflicts between pastoral groups within the geopolitically important Afar

Health and Nutritional Consequences of Pastoral Sedentarization for Rendille Children in Northern Ke
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Health and Nutritional Consequences of Pastoral Sedentarization for Rendille Children in Northern Kenya By Elliot Fratkin   This paper describes the findings of a three-year study in the 1990s comparing levels of child malnutrition and illness between five Rendille communities ranging

Land tenure and pastoralism in western Sudan
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Munzoul Assal One of the basic factors in conflict between pastoralists and farmers and among pastoralists in Western Sudan is land tenure system. This is the case in Darfur especially where land and ethnic boundaries correspond. The land tenure

“Diversification, Experimentation, and Adaptation: Pastoralists in Communal Governance of Resources
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
“Diversification, Experimentation, and Adaptation: Pastoralists in Communal Governance of Resources and livelihoods Strategies” By Stephen Santamo Moiko Pastoral societies in Africa have progressively faced conditions of diminishing production resources, as territories and pasturelands are diverted for purposes of conservation, settlement,

Seeking Alternative Strategies: Settled Pastoralists as Farmers, Town Dwellers, Wage Earners, and Tr
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Seeking Alternative Strategies: Settled Pastoralists as Farmers, Town Dwellers, Wage Earners, and Traders By Elliot Fratkin Seeking alternative livelihoods is not a new phenomenon as pastoralists have historically maintained ties with farming and urban communities, often with members of their own

Mobile pastoralism and land grabbing in Sudan: Impacts and Responses
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Mustafa Babiker The central drylands of Sudan have been the home to various forms of mobile pastoralism for centuries. Pastoral mobility is an ecological necessity dictated by the extreme temporal and spatial variability rainfall in these areas. However, pastoral

Declining Grazing Resources, Pastoralist Innovations and the Changing Political Economy of The Orma
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Declining Grazing Resources, Pastoralist Innovations and the Changing Political Economy of The Orma Pastoralists, Tana Delta, Kenya By  Abdirizak Arale Nunow

Yasin Abdalla Eltayeb Elhadary – Abstract 03.01.11
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Yasin Abdalla Eltayeb Elhadary Land in pastoral communities is considered as highly valuable entity, it is not just a mean of livelihood but also a source of wealth, tribal identity, social peace, and also source of conflicts. This implies

“women experiencing ‘change’: case studies from the pastoral areas of Ethiopia”
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Fiona Flintan ‘Change’ in pastoral areas and societies is occurring at an unprecedented pace. Pastoral women and men experience such change in different ways, and have different capacities to transform it into positive and/or negative impacts. Many women in

Being and Staying Pastoralists: In Search of a Sustainable Solution for Maasai
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Opportuna Kweka Maasai Pastoral economy has diversified due to loss of their livestock. However, this is taken as a positive change by conservationists and developmentalists who for many years have viewed Maasai as conservative, resistant to change and their

Pastoralists and irrigation. Time for a rethink?
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
 By Stephen Sanford There is much land in pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa that could be converted to irrigated agriculture and thus provide an alternative or additional livelihood for pastoralists. There is a long history of successful indigenous

Yasin Mohammed Abstract 15.11.10
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
Though it remains one of the most economically deprived sub-regions in the world, the Sub-Saharan Africa score highest on the number of countries involved in violent ethnic conflicts around the world. Due to the legacy of colonialism, several ethnic groups

The Modern Motility of Pastoral Land Rights: Tenure Transitions and Land-Grabbing in East Africa
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By John G. Galaty Is there a future for pastoralists in Africa? The modernizers seem to feel the answer is ‘no’, but as long as there are rangelands, mainly suitable for animal production, conditions will make continued highly mobile husbandry

The Changing Face of Rangeland Conflict in the Eastern Horn
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Paul Goldsmith This paper explores how the political economy of the eastern Horn of Africa region (Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia) is influencing changes in pastoralist conflict. The research design is based on a macro-micro approach. Pastoralist conflict has been

Seeking Survival: Case of Pastoral Drop outs in the Borana Plateau
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Getachew Gebru and Solomon Desta Borana people whose animals die and who lose their sources of livelihood are forced to exit the pastoral system. Others also exit the system looking for a better livelihood option. Those that painfully exit the

More than climate change:pressures leading to innovation by pastoralists in Ethiopia and Niger
March 18, 2011 / Abstracts
By Yohannes GebreMichael,Saidou Magagi,Wolfgang Bayer & Ann Waters-Bayer An exploratory study was made in Ethiopia and Niger into pastoralists’ responses to climate change. It examined technical and institutional innovations developed by pastoralists to adapt to new conditions. It identified a