Pastoralism Specific Outputs & Resources

Research Projects

• Regional Policy Support to COMESA
• Regional Policy Support to IGAD

Publications & Other Outputs

 

Regional Policy Support

• COMESA Policy Framework for Food Security in Pastoralist Areas – Consultative Draft 2009, Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme.

Reports

• Livestock Marketing in Kenya and Ethiopia: A Review of Policies and Practice. By Yacob Aklilu. October 2008.
• Impact Assessment of the Community Animal Health System in Mandera West District, Kenya. Dr. Gezu Bekele and Dr. Jeremiah Akumu. August 2009.
• Livestock Exports from the Horn of Africa
• Participatory Impact Assessment
• Mind the Gap
• Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards
• Impact Assessment of the Community Animal Health System in Mandera West District, Kenya

Regional Livestock and Pastoralism Policy Training

• Part 1: Livestock, Trade and Economics (PDF)
• Part 2: Mobility Matters (PDF)
• Part 3: Drought, Livelihoods and Food Security (PDF)

Policy Briefs

1. Commodity-based Trade in Livestock Products: New Opportunities for Livestock Trade in the COMESA Region (PDF). May 2008.
2. Hidden Value on the Hoof: Cross-Border Livestock Trade in Eastern Africa (PDF). February 2009.
3. Income Diversification Among Pastoralists: Lessons for Policy Makers (PDF). March 2009.
4. COMESA, Transboundary Animal Diseases and Marketing of Beef (PDF) September 2009.
5. The COMESA Green Pass and Commodity-based Trade in Livestock Products (PDF) September 2009.
6. Improving Trade in Livestock Commodities by COMESA – The Challenge of Animal Traceability (PDF) October 2009.
7. Credible Certification for COMESA – Strategies and Tools (PDF) October 2009.
8. Campaigning for the COMESA Green Pass for Livestock Commodities – Who and How? (PDF) October 2009.
9. Sustainable Trade in Wildlife Commodities (PDF) November 2009.
10. Farming Livestock for Export – What Needs to Change? (PDF) December 2009.
11. Promoting Commodity-based Trade – Using the Equivalence Principle (PDF) January 2010.
12. Solving the Problem of Residues in Livestock Commodities (PDF) February 2010.
13. Modern, Mobile and Profitable: Assessing the Total Economic Value of Pastoralism (PDF) February 2010.
14. Legislation to Support Cross-border Livestock Mobility (PDF) February 2010.*Download all the policy briefs in one document* (PDF).

Technical Briefing Papers

1. Pastoralists, food security and disaster response: the use of “Preparedness Auditing” to strengthen contingency planning(PDF). May 2009.
2. Trigger happy? Signals for timely humanitarian response in pastoralist areas (PDF). May 2009.

Books

•  We worked with IIED to develop the book Modern and Mobile, a contemporary review of pastoralism in Africa available as a free download from the IIED website