Theme: Pastoralism

Adaptive Strategies to Climate Change in ASAL Pastoral Communities of Northern Kenya

Global Scientific Journal

Abdiqafar Mohamed

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Adaptation and Resilience, Pastoralism
Year: 2025

Water Governance In Pastoralist Areas Of Africa

Feinstein International Center

David Pertaub

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Pastoralism, Water and Water Resources, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Governance
Year: 2025

Impacts Of Rainfall Variability On Streamflow In The Drylands Of Northern Kenya

International Journal of Current Science Research and Review

Stephen K. Rwigi, Gilbert O. Ouma, Clinton O. Ogola, Martha Mugo, Pascalia Kaguara, Luke Olang, Justin Sheffield

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Rainfall, Water and Water Resources, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Pastoralism
Year: 2024

Gender-Differentiated Roles And Perceptions On Climate Variability Among Pastoralist And Agro-Pastoralist Communities In Marsabit, Kenya

Berghahn Journals

Armara Macimilliam Galwab, Oscar K. Koech, Oliver V. Wasonga, Geoffrey Kironchi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Marsabit County, Pastoralism, Adaptation and Resilience, Women Gender and Youth
Year: 2024

Scaling Rangeland Restoration In Drylands Through Synergies In The Biodiversity-Water-Climate Nexus

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Bargués Tobella Aida

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, East Africa, Pastoralism
Year: 2024

Unpacking The Climate-Migration-Extremism Nexus: Mapping The Coping Strategies Of Kenyan Pastorialists

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Erica Harper, Yosuke Nagai

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Migration, Pastoralism, Conflict Peace and Security, Garissa County
Year: 2024

Water Supply And Livelihoods Of Pastoralists In Kajiado County, Kenya

International Academic Journal of Arts and Humanities

Mathew Tajeu, Weldon Kibet Ng'eno

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Kajiado County, Pastoralism, Water and Water Resources
Year: 2024

Effects Of Climate Change On The Availability Of Non-Timber Forest Products (Ntfps) In The Kavonge And Museve Hilltop Forests In Kenya

Magna Scientia Advanced Research And Reviews

Vandi Alex Saffa, Harun Mutuma Kiruki, Festus Mbatha Mutiso

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Pastoralism, Forestry and Natural Resources, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL)
Year: 2024

Forecasts For Pastoralists: Increasing Demand For Weather Forecasts To Support Adaptation In Northern Kenya

Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Centre (SPARC)

Ellen Reid

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Climate Change Impacts, Climate Information Services, Pastoralism
Year: 2024

Droughts, Migration And Population In Kenya

Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Mélanie Gittard

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Migration, Pastoralism, Rainfall, East Africa
Year: 2024

Suburban Pastoralists: Pastoral adaptation strategies at the rural-urban interface in Nairobi, Kenya

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Sylvia Jemutai Rotich, Mikkel Funder, Martin Marani

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Pastoralism, Kajiado County
Year: 2023

Facing old and new risks in arid environments: The case of pastoral communities in Northern Kenya

PLOS Climate

Janpeter Schilling, Luise Werland

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Climate Change Impacts, Pastoralism
Year: 2023

Blood Carbon: How A Carbon Offset Scheme Makes Millions From Indigenous Land In Northern Kenya

Survival International

Simon Counsell

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Carbon Markets, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Pastoralism, Samburu County
Year: 2023

Adapting to climate change among transitioning Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya: An intersectional analysis of differentiated abilities to benefit from diversification processes

Taylor & Francis Group

Edwige Marty, Matthew Cashmore, Renee Bullock, Siri H. Eriksen, Todd A. Crane

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2023

The Impact Of Community-Based Conservation On Pastoralists? Climate Change Adaptation

Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi

Jackson Wachira, Paul Stacey, Joanes Atela, George Outa

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Pastoralism, Climate Change Impacts, Community-Based Adaptation
Year: 2023

Climate Resilient Landscape Finance

Climate Policy Initiative

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Adaptation Finance, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Climate Finance, Pastoralism
Year: 2023

Turkana County Climate Change Action Plan

County Government of Turkana

Type: County-level Documents
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Pastoralism, Climate Migration, Governance
Year: 2023

Uncertainty In The Drylands: Rethinking In/Formal Insurance From Pastoral East Africa

Sage Publications

Leigh Johnson, Tahira Shariff Mohamed, Ian Scoones, Masresha Taye

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Pastoralism, Adaptation and Resilience, Insurance
Year: 2023

Dryland Pastoralism Climate Landscape and Food Security in the Suam River Basin of Kenya

Scientific Research Publishing

Clinton Ouma, Edward M. Mugalavai, Gilbert Ouma, Kaleb Mwendwa, Namenya Daniel Naburi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Agriculture and Food Systems, Food Security, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2022

Data-Driven Model for Animal Surveillance: Case of Pastoral Communities in Kajiado County, Kenya

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)

E. Ayienga, S. Kinyimu

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Kajiado County, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2022

CONFER Policy Brief

IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC)

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Agriculture and Food Systems, Pastoralism
Year: 2022

Pastoralism and large-scale REnewable energy and green hydrogen projects

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Ann Waters-Bayer, Hussein Tadicha Wari

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Energy and Fuels, Renewable Energy, Pastoralism, Green Hydrogen
Year: 2022

The Good Life in the Face of Climate Change: Understanding Complexities of a Well-being Framework through the Experience of Pastoral Women

Taylor & Francis Group

Sarah E. Walker, Brett L. Bruyere, Apin Yasin, Elizabeth Lenaiyasa, Anna Lolemu

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Pastoralism, Women Gender and Youth
Year: 2021

Social differentiation in climate change adaptation: One community,multiple pathways in transitioning Kenyan pastoralism

Elsevier

Teresiah Wairimu Ng'ang'a, Todd A. Crane

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Climate Change Impacts, Pastoralism
Year: 2020

Drivers and responses to climate variability by agro-pastoralists in Kenya: the case of Laikipia County (2019)

Springer Nature

Godfrey O. Atsiaya, Job Kibiwot Lagat, Lenah W. Nakhone, Oscar I. Ayuya

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Laikipia County, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2019

Factors Influencing the Adaptation Decisions to Impacts of Climate Change among the Maasai Pastoral Community in Narok County, Kenya

Scientific Research Publishing

Evans Ngenoh, Janet C. Korir

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Livestock, Narok County, Pastoralism
Year: 2019

Level of Awareness about Climate Change among the Pastoral Community

Janet C. Korir

Janet C. Korir

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Climate Change Impacts, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2019

From cattle to camels: trajectories of livelihood adaptation and social-ecological resilience in a Kenyan pastoralist community

Springer Nature

Elizabeth G. King, Gabriele Volpato

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Pastoralism
Year: 2018

Value Chain Analysis for Resilience in Drylands (VC-ARID): Identification of Adaptation Options in Key Sectors

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Elizabeth Carabine, Catherine Simonet, Denis Akouwerabou, Nurali Asozoda, Parfait Bako, Samavia Batool, Assane Beye, Claire Bedelian, , , Amirshoev Faizulloyev, Sebastian Gollnow, Abdulhamid Kayumov, Stephen Moiko, Nailya Mustayeva, Simon Wagura Ndiritu, Sharofjon Rakhimov, Fahad Saeed, Mohammed Said, Issiaka Sombie,

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Pastoralism
Year: 2018

Pastoral and Agropastoral Production Systems in the Arid and Semi-arid Areas

World Food Programme

Mathew K. Kigomo

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2018

Trade-Offs For Climate-Resilient Pastoral Livelihoods In Wildlife Conservancies In The Mara Ecosystem,Kenya

Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies (PRISE)

Claire Bedelian, Joseph O. Ogutu

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Conservancy, Tourism and Wildlife, Pastoralism
Year: 2016

Economic contribution of the pastoral meat trade in Isiolo County, Kenya: Findings from Oldonyiro and Garbatulla Towns

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Marcelino Napao Iruata, Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Robinson Kinuthia Ngugi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Isiolo County, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2015

Economic contribution of the pastoral meat trade in Isiolo Town, Kenya

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Benard Chira Gituku, Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Robinson Kinuthia Ngugi

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Counties, Isiolo County, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2015

Pastoralism pays: new evidence from the Horn of Africa

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Caroline King-Okumu, Eshetu Yimer, Oliver Vivian Wasonga

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Africa, Horn of Africa, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2015

Resilience in the Rangeland: Changes and Challenges for Pastoral Communities in Kenya and Ethiopia

CARE International

Sara Pavanello

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Adaptation and Resilience, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2015

Carbon stocks in semi-arid pastoral ecosystems of northern Kenya

Springer Open

Bulle Hallo Dabasso, Dana Hoag, Zerihun Taddese

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Carbon Markets, Pastoralism
Year: 2014

The contribution of camel milk production as a livelihood strategy for building pastoral resilience in the drylands of Kenya

University of Nairobi

Yazan Ahmed Mohamed Elhadi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2014

Assessing drought displacement risk for Kenyan,Ethiopian and Somali pastoralists

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

Justin Ginnetti, Travis Franck

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Floods and Droughts, Pastoralism, Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Horn of Africa
Year: 2014

On the margin: Kenya's pastoralists From displacement to solutions,a conceptual study on the internal displacement of pastoralists

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre

Martina Caterina, Nina Schrepfer

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Floods and Droughts, Pastoralism
Year: 2014

Media perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Mike Shanahan

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2013

Impact of climate change and gender roles in community adaptation: A case study of pastoralists in Samburu East District, Kenya

International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation

Eunice B. Ongoro, William Ogara

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Community-Based Adaptation, Counties, Pastoralism, Samburu County, Women Gender and Youth
Year: 2011

Conceptualisation and measurement challenges in modelling pastoralists’ risk and vulnerability instigated by droughts in the group ranches of Kenya

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

D. M. Nyariki, E. Obudho, J. Njoka, K. Farah, P. Weke

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Floods and Droughts, Pastoralism
Year: 2010

Livelihood diversification and enhanced food security through agro-pastoralism: Socio-cultural and other challenges among Maasai pastoralists of Narok North district of Kenya

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

Agnes Oywaya Nkurumwa, J. G. Mwangi

Type: Research and Academic
Theme/Sector: Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), Food Security, Livestock, Narok County, Pastoralism
Year: 2010

Towards education for nomads: community perspectives in Kenya

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Daoud Tari Abkula, Diyad Hujale, Izzy Birch, Sue Cavanna

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Community-Based Adaptation, Education, Pastoralism
Year: 2010

Legislators and Livestock: Pastoralist Parliamentary Groups in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

John K Livingstone, John Morton, Mohammed Mussa

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Agriculture and Food Systems, Livestock, Pastoralism
Year: 2007

Pastoralism – Managing Multiple Stressors and the Threat of Climate Variability and Change

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Isobel Birch, Richard Grahn

Type: Reports and Publications
Theme/Sector: Climate Change Impacts, Pastoralism
Year: 2007

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