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Pastoral Livelihood Projects

by Stephen Browne — last modified 03/11/2008 22:17

Pastoral Areas Coordination, Analysis and Policy Support


A selection of baseline livelihood profiles in pastoralist economies:

Somali, Oromo and Borana pastoralist and agro-pastoralist
  • Garissa, Wajir and Mandera Districts - North East Province  Kenya (2007 Save the Children - UK, Oxfam GB, Islamic Relief, Action Against Hunger, CARE, Merlin)
  • Seasonal needs assessment in Somalia including developing an integrated spreadsheet for livelihoods-based Early Warning analysis (in 2005 for the FSAU)
  • Djibouti (2004 for FEWS NET)
  • Harshin pastoralist pilot needs assessment, Ethiopia (in 2003 for SC UK and the Ethiopian Early Warning Working Group)
  • Mandera District, Kenya (in 2001 for the ALRMP/Government of Kenya)
  •  Emergency livelihood security assessment, Garissa District, Kenya (in 2001 for CARE International)
  • Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad (2001-2003 for FEWS NET)
  • Meda Welabu woreda, Ethiopia (in 2000, for Christian Aid)
  • Harshin and Geri/Jarso woredas, Ethiopia (in 1998 for SC UK)
  • Simanjiro Plains, Ngorongoro, northern Arusha (1997 for SC-UK)
  • Borena woreda, Ethiopia (1996 for SC-UK RiskMap Project)
  • Namibe desert and Cuando Cubango Province in Angola (1996 for SC-UK RiskMap Project)
  • Maasai in Tanzania (1996 for SC-UK RiskMap Project)
  • Karamajong in Uganda (1996 for SC-UK RiskMap Project)
  • Dinka, Nuer, Toposa in southern Sudan (1994-96 for SC-UK and WFP)
  • The Ogaden, Ethiopia and Somaliland (1991-92 for SC-UK)
A Livelihood System on Edge

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Pastoralists have traditionally made use of lands that agriculturalists shunned, existing in these sparse expanses by moving in tandem with shifting seasonal rains and pasture. This mobility has afforded them the flexibility to withstand the occasional drought or raid and to recover relatively quickly. With population growth and increased competition over even marginal lands, the constraints on movement have tightened. In the Horn of Africa, these limits have coincided with a decade of poor rains, putting their livelihoods at risk of collapse.  
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