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Resources Tagged: Pastoralist

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  1. Peacemaking Among Pastoralists

    2014-03-20
    Pastoralist East Africa

  2. Population and Food Security Challenges in Ngorongoro District

    Ngorongoro District, part of the Serengeti Ecosystem witnessed a human population growth from approximately 25,000 in the early sixties to 200,000 people in 2016, predominantly pastoralist Maasai. Pastoralism as we know it today can be combined with photo tourism and game hunting activities for...
    Food Security Population Pastoralism Maasai Serengeti Economic Alternatives Pastoralist ECHO Resources East Africa

  3. Famine in the Horn of Africa

    2011-10-20 The current drought and famine in the Horn of Africa are deeply distressing. The severe drought of the past year has put an estimated 12 million or more people in danger of starvation.
    Famine Smallholder Resilience Conservation Agric... FMNR Indigenous Food Pl... Pastoralist

  4. From Our Regional Impact Centers

    2013-07-20 ECHO Asia --The latest issue of Asia Notes (Issue 17, May 2013) contains the following articles: Sustainable Decentralized Water Treatment for Rural Developing Communities Using Locally Generated Biochar Adsorbents (by Josh Kearns, MS) An Introduction to Bokashi Fertilizers and Soil Amendments...
    Water Treatment Biochar Bokashi Conservation Agric... Pastoralist

  5. Listening to Pastoralists

    2016-01-01 This issue portrays pastoralists working together to maintain their culture and lifestyles. In many cases they are at the frontline of struggles for their rights to land. Together, the experiences and perspectives presented highlight the importance of pastoral societies for agroecology and their...
    Pastoralist

  6. A case of benign neglect - Knowledge gaps about sustainability in pastoralism and rangelands

    Abstract, UN Environment and GRID-Arendal, 2019 Pastoralism is practiced by millions of people worldwide. It has roots in every part of the world and back thousands of years to the beginning of agriculture. But while pastoral societies have existed for millennia, we still don’t know that much...
    Pastoralist Rangelands Pastoralism

  7. Sustained Rangeland Improvement with Special Reference to the Laikipia Controversies

    2018-03-08 I have spent over fifty years working in East African Rangelands studying wildlife in National Parks and ranches or helping pastoralists in northern Kenya and consulting in Tanzania. The situation has changed unpredictably and dramatically since my original research in the Queen Elizabeth...
    Rangeland Management Pastoralism Pastoralist East Africa

  8. Managing Conflicts using GALS Approach. Case Study Of Pastoralists community of Sokodu Kaabong District, Karamoja Region

    2016-03-01 Session: The session will describe misconceptions about pastoralists and their capacity to survive in harsh climates. Pastoralists need not be victims of development initiatives. Biographical data: Loupa Pius was born in a pastoralist s community and recalls times rehabilitating from previous...
    Pastoralist East Africa

  9. BPN #3 - Assisting Pastoralists

    Key Resource
    2014-02-26 Pastoralism is a livelihood whereby people depend upon herding domesticated livestock. In East Africa, pastoralists depend primarily upon cattle, sheep, donkeys, goats and camels— listed in order of least resilience as one moves into drier and more arid lowland areas. Pastoralists play an...
    Pastoralist JCB

  10. ECHO involvement with pastoralists?

    2016-03-01 ECHO engaging in pastoralist initiatives When I joined ECHO in 2012 I had just worked in a project disseminating food security initiatives in 48 villages in northern Tanzania. We discovered some stark realities facing pastoralist communities; they were by far less food secure than...
    Pastoralist East Africa