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Integrating local crowdsourced and remotely sensed data to characterize rangeland resource use in extensive pasturelands

Octubre 2018
Kenya
África oriental
África
Pastizales, Tierras secas y Pastoreo
tierras de pastoreo
Tierras de pastos
Pastoralistas

To support improved rangeland resource management and monitoring for nomadic pastoralists in northern Kenya, we used a task-based mobile application to incentivize pastoralists provide more than 100,000 surveys containing information on local rangeland, water and livestock resources.

Application of systematic monitoring and mapping techniques

Artículos de revistas y libros
Octubre 2018
África oriental
Kenya
Degradación y Tenencia de la Tierra
Tierra, Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente
Mapa
Degradación de tierras
Vigilancia

Drylands cover over 40% of the earth's surface and support over 2 billion people, globally (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). In East Africa alone, over 250 million people depend on drylands for their livelihoods (De Leeuw et al., 2014) and in Kenya, 70% of the total land area is classified as arid- and semi-arid (Batjes, 2004).

Needs Assessment in Land Administration: The Potential of the Nominal Group Technique

Publicación revisada por pares
Septiembre 2018
África oriental
Evaluación
Administración de tierras

This paper introduces the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) for conducting needs assessments in land administration projects. Understanding the local context of what citizens, communities and organisations need remains a complex challenge yet fundamental to the success of land administration projects.

Guide for training of pastoralists (women) in Borana Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia on good milk production, handling and processing practices and prevention of the transmission of milk-borne zoonotic diseases

Manual y guías
Septiembre 2018
Etiopía
África
África oriental
Pastizales, Tierras secas y Pastoreo
tierras de pastoreo
Pastoralistas

Modelling land-use decisions in production systems involving multiple crops and varieties

Artículos de revistas y libros
Septiembre 2018
Etiopía
África oriental
Utilización de la tierra

This paper argues and provides empirical evidence that trade-offs and/or complementarities are
inherent in technological options that shape the adoption of and land-use decisions in production
systems involving multiple crops in Ethiopia. By applying a fractional response model to a

Understanding landscape restoration options in Kenya: Risks and opportunities for advancing gender equality

Documentos de política y resúmenes
Agosto 2018
África oriental
Kenya
Restauración de paisajes forestales
Medio ambiente
Conservación de montes
Equidad de género en el acceso a la tierra
Gobernanza de la tierra
Utilización de la tierra
comunidad local
Ordenación de recursos naturales
Desarrollo sostenible
Mujeres

Given their different roles, responsibilities, access to and control of resources, the costs and benefits of land restoration are likely to differ for men and women. Yet, many restoration projects fail to consider gender dimensions when designing their interventions.

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