A crops specialist and a livestock specialist from the Matopos research station describe technologies being developed to support smallholder farmers experiencing drought
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Library ResourceMultimediaDecember, 2003Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
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Library ResourceMultimediaOctober, 2006Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Library ResourceMultimediaOctober, 2012Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
The 2009 drought in Kenya has had a devastating effect on pastoralists. Hundreds of thousands of cattle died and with them a way of life that had provided families a livelihood from the land. We met Lawrence in a quarry just out of of Nairobi. For many generations his family have reared cattle on the rangelands of Kitengela. Now he shifts rocks in order to pay his way through University and the dream of a better life. This photofilm was made by duckrabbit during duckrabbit training productions for ILRI in Nairobi August 2010. Photos (c) David White.
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Library ResourceMultimediaMay, 2012Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
This story tells of the hopes of a Maasai pastoralist from Kenya's Kitengela rangelands and his dreams for his son Tajeu, who was born during a devastating drought.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDecember, 2014Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceMultimediaJanuary, 2012Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
Nickson Parmisa, a resident of Kitengela just outside Nairobi in Kenya, talks about the challenges of livestock herding in the face of climate change.
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Library ResourceMultimediaDecember, 2013Mozambique, Africa, Southern Africa
The imGoats project (imgoats.org) seeks to investigate how best goat value chains can be used to increase food security and reduce poverty among smallholders in India and Mozambique. Funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Research (IFAD), the project is led by researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in collaboration with the BAIF Development Research Foundation in India and CARE International in Mozambique. On 2-6 July 2012, the imGoats project held a learning and reflection workshop in Udaipur, India.
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Library ResourceMultimediaJune, 2014Africa, Eastern Africa
Mohamed Said, Scientist, ILRI, at the side event, “Measuring and Evaluating Resilience in Drylands of East Africa.” IFPRI 2020 conference on Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security, May 15-17, 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. More information "http://www.2020resilience.ifpri.info"
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Library ResourceMapsDecember, 2013Malawi, Africa, Southern Africa
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Library ResourceMultimediaJune, 2014Africa, Eastern Africa
Lance Robinson, Governance and Resilience Scientist, ILRI, at the side event, “Measuring and Evaluating Resilience in Drylands of East Africa.”; IFPRI 2020 conference on Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security, May 15-17, 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. More information at http://www.2020resilience.ifpri.info
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