Development policy
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- Policies to address pastoralists impacted by climate change
- ( Oxfam , 2008)
- This paper analyses the policies required to enable pastoralist communities to cope with the impact of climate change. ...
- Can small livestock producers compete with larger-scale farms?: evidence from Brazil, India, the Philippines and Thailand
- ( C.,L. Delgado;C.,A. Narrod;M.,M. Tiongco / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008)
- Livestock are among the few commodities that smallholder farmers widely produce that are growing rapidly in demand, and thus the interest for poverty alleviation is strong. However, there are signs th...
- How have China's development policies impacted Tibeten pastoralists?
- ( M. Foggin / Plateau Perspectives , 2008)
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Tibetan grasslands constitute one of the most important grazing ecosystems in the world and encompass the source areas of many major Asian rivers. While a variety of government policies have been a...
What is the future of pastoralism in Ethiopia?
- ( United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , 2007)
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Ethiopia has Africa’s largest livestock population, with over 60% of its land area is semi-arid lowland, dominated by the livestock economy. In December 2006, Ethiopians from the Federal and ...
Drought response in Ethiopia: towards more timely, appropriate interventions
- ( S. Pantuliano;M. Wekesa / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2008)
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This study provides an overview of the timing, appropriateness and efficacy of interventions in response to the drought that affected the pastoral lowlands of Ethiopia in 2005/2006. It identifies m...
Protecting pastoralists' livelihoods: lessons from Ngorongoro, Tanzania
- ( N. Kipuri;C. Sørensen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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Recent years have seen pastoralist communities in Tanzania becoming increasingly impoverished and vulnerable, due to livestock diseases, drought, fluctuating market prices and unfavourable po...
Managing animal genetic diversity for sustainable development: a global analysis
- ( B. Rischkowsky (ed);D. Pilling (ed) / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2007)
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Drawing on 169 Country Reports, contributions from a number of international organisations and twelve specially commissioned thematic studies, this report presents an analysis of the state of agric...
- Can better policies help poor livestock producers?
- ( A. Catley / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2008)
- As global demand for meat and milk increases, many policies focus on promoting international trade in livestock and livestock products. How does this affect the community-based livestock services that...
- 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...
