Policy Brief No. 38. Innovation works: pastoralists building secure livelihoods in the Horn of Africa

Abstract

Pastoralist areas of the Horn of Africa are experiencing rapid change. Markets are opening up, helping to improve livelihoods and generate substantial new wealth for local and national economies. Political and constitutional changes are creating opportunities for pastoralists to influence decision-making around the allocation of public resources as well as laws and practices affecting their rights. New technologies such as mobile phones as well as improvements in roads are opening up pastoral areas to greater movements of people, goods, and ideas. And new ways of delivering services to mobile and remote pastoralist populations have improved their access to healthcare, veterinary services and education.

Citation

Future Agricultures Policy Brief 038, March 2011, 4 pp.

Policy Brief No. 38. Innovation works: pastoralists building secure livelihoods in the Horn of Africa

Published 1 January 2011