The African continent is home to diverse populations of livestock breeds adapted to harsh
environmental conditions with more than 70% under traditional systems of management …

Pastoral regions are challenged by social and ecological changes. Yet, there is increasingly
robust evidence that pastoralism is a viable and sustainable livelihood and that pastoralists …

ABSTRACT In much of Eastern Africa, the last decade has seen a renewed interest in spatial
development plans that link mineral exploitation, transport infrastructure and agricultural …

Commercialization has been increasingly promoted for (agro) pastoral communities as an
intervention to improve incomes and food access. Using households from rural Afar, this …

COVID-19 is a global pandemic that continues to spread around the world, including to
Africa where cases are steadily increasing. The African Centres for Disease Control and …

Pastoralist adaptation strategies have to address multiple, overlapping, and often inter-
related processes of socio-ecological change. The present study addresses the need for …

We examine the dynamics of gender relations in terms of changes in gender roles and
access to resources under recurrent drought conditions in Borana, Southern Ethiopia, using …

Forage–livestock conflict (FLC) is a major anthropogenic cause of rangeland degradation. It
poses tremendous threats to the environment owing to its adverse impacts on carbon …

Spatial and temporal climate variability dictate herd mobility of transhumant communities,
and therefore understanding this interrelationship is key to sustainable management of …

The pastoral systems of Eastern Africa have been affected by the alternated incidence of
recurrent drought and flood for the last decades, aggravating poverty and local conflicts. We …