Livestock and pastoralism
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- Challenges for the Nile Basin region
- T. Oestigaard (ed) / Nile Basin Research Programme, University of Bergen, 2010
- The Nile Basin Research Programme (NBRP), as a strategic, multidisciplinary programme for research and higher education on topics related to the Nile Basin, has had the overall aim to enhance and promote quality research on Nile-relat...
- The potential impacts of Commodity-Based Trade on animal-production importing markets: who benefits?
- K.M. Rich; B.D. Perry / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2010
- This paper examines the potential impacts of Commodity-Based Trade (CBT) on animal-production importing markets and identifies which suppliers could benefit from greater access to these markets. The paper distinguishes between the con...
- The constraints and potentials of camel production in Borana region, Southern Ethiopia
- B Megersa / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2010
- This report describes the seasonal occurrences of major camel diseases and investigates constraints and potentials of camel production in Borana region in Southern Ethiopia. The study indicates that camel husbandry is the main source ...
- Climate change, resource abundance and conflict in East Africa
- C.K. Butler; S. Gates / International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2010
- This paper examines the effect of climate change on pastoralist conflict in Africa. The rangelands of East Africa is particularly vulnerable to drought, which is associated with climate change. In this respect, the paper focuses its a...
- Does the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program increase livestock holdings?
- C. Andersson; A. Mekonnen; J. Stage / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This paper evaluates the impacts of the Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on rural households’ holdings of livestock and forest assets/trees. It found that the number of trees increased for households that par...
- Regulating the use of farm animal genetic resources
- Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2007
- This report is a background study for the FAO commissioned study ‘Exchange, Use and Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources: Policy and Regulatory Options’. It discusses the existing legal regulations that apply to A...
- Livelihood diversification in Ethiopian pastoral communities
- K. Gemtessa; E. Bezabih; W. Tiki / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2007
- This paper analyses the livelihoods of the Borana pastoral communities of Southern Oromiya in Ethiopia. It aims to inform policy makers, donors, and development practitioners about the best strategies for protecting and promoting sust...
- How does conflict shape adaptation and contribute to vulnerability in the face of climate stress?
- S. Eriksen; B. Owuor; E. Nyukuri; V. Orindi / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005
- This report discusses the proceedings of two related workshops, which presented the findings of the project “Adaptation as a livelihood struggle: conflict and vulnerability among dryland populations in Kenya”. This research ...
- Evaluation of rural development initiative within a Sudanese nomadic community
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005
- The Sinkat Community Development Project was implemented, in 1986, to re-establish the means of subsistence for 250,000 Beja nomads. Its aim is to reduce their vulnerability, and that of their environment, to future climatic extremes....
- Desertification action plan to support pastoral development in Ethiopia
- Y. Berkele; A. Mossige / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2005
- This paper reports on a workshop held in Ethiopia in 2004, targeting stakeholders involved in implementing Ethiopia’s National Action Plan (NAP) for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The workshop wa...
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