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- Can better policies help poor livestock producers?
- ( I. Scoones / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2008)
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This paper discusses how policy and institutional changes in the livestock sector, and the growing demand for livestock products, will affect poor livestock producers. It examines issues such as an...
- Tenure security has improved but other problems could further marginalise pastoralists
- ( C. Hesse; B. Thebaud / International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs , 2006)
- Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, and Burkina Faso have all passed specific legislation in support of pastoralism. This paper reports that while some of these laws provide an improved framework for the manage...
- Does pastoralism offers the most cost-effective investment for the drylands?
- ( C. Hesse; J. MacGregor / Drylands Programme, IIED , 2006)
- This paper analyses the issues surrounding the under-valuation of pastoral livelihoods as governments plan to replace pastoral grazing land with other land uses. It analyses the direct and indirect b...
- Building climate adaptation into development policy in the Kenyan drylands
- ( S. Eriksen; K. Ulsrud; J. Lind; B. Muok / African Centre for Technology Studies , 2006)
- This policy brief focuses on the development implications of findings from a three year research project to understand how conflict affects different people’s ability to adapt to climate constraints. ...
- The impact of climate change on pastoral livelihood systems
- ( C. Hesse; L. Cotula / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2006)
- The sustainability of pastoral systems largely depends on a balancing act between pastures, livestock and people. The mobility of pastoralists and their livestock is also a key factor. With climate ch...
- Should development policies support pastoral livelihoods or rather exit strategies?
- ( N. Rass / , 2006)
- This paper makes a case for increased policy attention to pastoralists in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper presents:estimates of the numbers of agro-/pastoral populations globallytheir ...
- Policy options for investing in the mobility of pastoral systems in Africa
- ( Livestock, Environment and Development, Virtual Research and Development Centre , 2006)
- This paper seeks to provide national and international policy-makers interested in the development of arid and semi-arid areas with background information and policy options, on whether and how to inv...
- Policy options for pastoral drought management in Africa
- ( Livestock, Environment and Development, Virtual Research and Development Centre , 2006)
- This paper seeks to inform African policy-makers, and decision-makers in international aid and development organisations, of the urgency of managing drought for the livestock sector, particularly in p...
- How to address the development needs of pastoralists
- ( Drylands Development Centre, UNDP , 2003)
- This document outlines the necessity of formulating development policies specifically targeted at pastoralists and their livelihoods. The author reports that pastoralists have generally been ill-serv...
- Recommendations for policy makers on improving pastoralist representation in Kenya
- ( J.K. Livingstone / Natural Resources Institute, UK , 2005)
- Reviews the effectiveness of the Pastoral Parliamentary Group (PPG) in Kenya concludes that there are grounds for confidence that Kenya’s Pastoralist Parliamentary Group can have a real impact due to:...
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