When The Water Ends: Africa’s Climate Conflicts
09 February, 2011 | By Evan Abramson (Yale Environment 360 -
For thousands of years, nomadic herdsmen have roamed the harsh,
semi-arid lowlands that stretch across 80 percent of Kenya and 60
percent of Ethiopia. Descendants of the oldest tribal societies in the
world, they survive thanks to the animals they raise and the crops
they grow, their travels determined by the search for water and
grazing lands...More
09 February, 2011 | By Evan Abramson (Yale Environment 360 -
For thousands of years, nomadic herdsmen have roamed the harsh,
semi-arid lowlands that stretch across 80 percent of Kenya and 60
percent of Ethiopia. Descendants of the oldest tribal societies in the
world, they survive thanks to the animals they raise and the crops
they grow, their travels determined by the search for water and
grazing lands...More
Ethiopia's Complex Relationship with Livestock
03 November, 2011 | By Mia MacDonald, Justine Simon
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country's gross domestic product (GDP), and the Ethiopian
government has indicated a strong interest in increased foreign
investment in the agriculture sector, specifically cash crops and
horticulture, along with commercial breeding and production of
meat, milk, and eggs.
Although domestic demand for animal products in Ethiopia is
increasing—driven by the urban middle-and upper-class—export
potential is a key force encouraging expansion and intensification of
livestock production. But twenty-five years after a debilitating
famine that drew the world's shocked attention, food security for
Ethiopia remains stubbornly elusive. As much as one-tenth of
Ethiopia's population remains dependent on food aid, year in and
year out, regardless of drought or other crises. Even as the need
for enhanced domestic food production grows, Ethiopia is
vulnerable to climate shocks. The effects already can be seen,
perhaps most spectacularly and devastatingly, in the increased
frequency of drought.
Climate, Food Security, & Growth: Ethiopia's Complex
Relationship with Livestock explores whether Ethiopia can
industrialize its livestock sector, primarily to serve export markets,
without forestalling or derailing development prospects for its
people and the 150–170 million Ethiopians expected to be alive in
2050. Is such a path viable when large numbers of Ethiopians
already scramble to gain access to good soils, grazing land, and
water; food security is a huge national challenge; and the effects of
climate change are increasingly felt?
This brief is a summary of a larger document (PDF) of the
same name.
03 November, 2011 | By Mia MacDonald, Justine Simon
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- "Despite a modern history of
deadly droughts, famine, near-
famine, and persistent poverty,
Ethiopia is home to Africa's
largest livestock population, and
is Africa's top livestock producer
and exporter (principally to the
country's gross domestic product (GDP), and the Ethiopian
government has indicated a strong interest in increased foreign
investment in the agriculture sector, specifically cash crops and
horticulture, along with commercial breeding and production of
meat, milk, and eggs.
Although domestic demand for animal products in Ethiopia is
increasing—driven by the urban middle-and upper-class—export
potential is a key force encouraging expansion and intensification of
livestock production. But twenty-five years after a debilitating
famine that drew the world's shocked attention, food security for
Ethiopia remains stubbornly elusive. As much as one-tenth of
Ethiopia's population remains dependent on food aid, year in and
year out, regardless of drought or other crises. Even as the need
for enhanced domestic food production grows, Ethiopia is
vulnerable to climate shocks. The effects already can be seen,
perhaps most spectacularly and devastatingly, in the increased
frequency of drought.
Climate, Food Security, & Growth: Ethiopia's Complex
Relationship with Livestock explores whether Ethiopia can
industrialize its livestock sector, primarily to serve export markets,
without forestalling or derailing development prospects for its
people and the 150–170 million Ethiopians expected to be alive in
2050. Is such a path viable when large numbers of Ethiopians
already scramble to gain access to good soils, grazing land, and
water; food security is a huge national challenge; and the effects of
climate change are increasingly felt?
This brief is a summary of a larger document (PDF) of the
same name.
Ethiopia: Pastoralism against the odds
- 2 September, 2010 | IRIN
Pastoralists’ disproportionate
contribution to Ethiopia’s
economy is belied by their
marginalized status and by policy
assumptions that they would be
better off farming. But those who
raise livestock tend to make the
most of marginal land, according
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Pastoralists 'need capacity building more than
technology'
16 December, 2011 (Aregu Balleh) - Improving food security in
Africa's pastoral areas is best done by capacity building ahead of
applying technology, argue researchers in a study of pastoralists
published in Science...More
technology'
16 December, 2011 (Aregu Balleh) - Improving food security in
Africa's pastoral areas is best done by capacity building ahead of
applying technology, argue researchers in a study of pastoralists
published in Science...More