Kenya
This booklet captures the voices and concerns of Kenyan pastoralists about education. It was produced as part of a broader action research programme that is guiding the Government of Kenya’s strategy for nomadic education. The purpose of the booklet is to share the views of pastoralists with education policy-makers and practitioners, particularly those in Kenya who are in a position...
Through generations of innovation and experiment, smallholder farms (cultivated pieces of land smaller than 50 acres) have nurtured a rich diversity of both wild and domestic plants and animals. While most academic literature emphasises the accelerated loss of biodiversity, this book describes how large numbers of smallholder farmers are conserving biodiversity in their farmland and surrounds...
The Horn/East Africa Regional Pastoral Programme (RPP) is a 15 year programme which seeks to address the poverty and marginalisation of pastoralists in the Horn and East African countries of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda. This is a mid-term evaluation of the regional programme, which commenced in 2003. The purpose is to assess the impact or effectiveness of the...
The Horn/East Africa Regional Pastoral Programme (RPP) is a 15 year programme which seeks to address the poverty and marginalisation of pastoralists in the Horn and East African countries of Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda. This is a mid-term evaluation of the regional programme, which commenced in 2003. The purpose is to assess the impact or effectiveness of the...
For indigenous peoples round the world, traditional knowledge based on natural resources such as medicinal herbs forms the core of culture and identity. But this wealth of knowledge is under pressure. Indigenous communities are increasingly vulnerable to eviction, environmental degradation and outside interests eager to monopolise control over their traditional resources. Intellectual...
This paper seeks to capture and explore the experiences of implementing Participatory Forest Management (PFM) in Kenya; how this may have changed the relationship between forest resources and local communities who live adjacent the forests; the extent to which local communities consider themselves part of the forest governance process; how this may have contributed to poverty alleviation; and...
In recent decades, the Mount Kenya highland–lowland system, which includes the Ewaso Ngiro North Basin, has experienced complex ecological and socioeconomic dynamics. These are reflected in changing land use systems and practices as well as in a rapidly growing human population, especially in the footzones and adjacent lowlands. These changes have exerted unremitting pressure on water...
The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) in the October edition focuses on an IHDP review on mountain regions around the world, in particular, looking at adaption to climate change in difficult environments.
Summaries of scientific work describe findings in mountainous areas in Africa, Eurasia and the Americas. The projects reveal the prime...
Sub-Saharan Africa is currently the most food-insecure region in the world. Climate change could aggravate the situation further unless adequate measures are put in place. Dealing with these impacts requires measures that will minimise losses or take advantage of the opportunities presented. This first issue of a new briefing series called "Joto Afrika" presents six articles about how people...
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