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Risk and Social Change in an African Rural Economy
My review of Risk and Social Change in an African Rural Economy is out in the journal Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice. Pastoralism is an open access…
The future of pastoralism
The Future of Pastoralism Conference was an international conference held in Addis Ababa on 21-23 March 2011. The organizers write: "The future of pastoralism in Africa is uncertain and…
Glenn School Colloquium Series
In May 2010 I gave a talk in the Glenn School Colloquium Series about the implications for pastoral development of our research on management of open access to common-pool resources. You can watch…
Funding from NSF CNH Program
We received funding from the NSF Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (CNH) program for our project Exploring social, ecological, and hydrological regime shifts in the…
East African Pastoralism Under Stress: Threats to Livestock, Land, and Way of Life
The Department of Anthropology and the Center for African Studies present East African Pastoralism Under Stress: Threats to Livestock, Land, and Way of Life by Dr. Elliot Fratkin,…
Where Cows Are Happy and Food Is Healthy
NYT columnist NIcholas Kristof is visiting a farm in Yamhill County, Oregon, where a farmer knows all his 400 animals by name (like the pastoralists we work with in Cameroon). Kristof's
Climate Governance: A matter of survival for nomadic pastoralists
Climate change is affecting communities across the globe, including African pastoralists. This video from Giacomo Rambaldi's PPGIS blog describes how Fulani…
Research in and around the Wilds
We made a trip to the Wilds to visit the field site where Karla Moreno Torres, a graduate student in Preventative Veterinary Medicine, is conducting research in and around
Governing Sustainable Fisheries in Cameroon
The Waza-Logone floodplain is part of lake Chad basin, an ecosystem that spreads from Chad to Cameroon. Over 200.000 people depend on its services for their livelihoods but due to social and…