Livestock Insurance, Inter-intra Mobility of Pastoralists Vital to Improve Pastoralist Resilience – Research

Addis Ababa Introduction of livestock insurance and letting inter and intra mobility of pastoralist said to be vital to improve the resilience of pastoralist in the face of climate change induced drought, a European research project conducted in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) indicated.

PASTRES and ILRI have organized a workshop under the theme ‘Pastoralism, uncertainty, and development policy’.

The workshop highlights a new perspective on extensive livestock systems and explores how development policy can better support pastoralist’s needs and capacities to work under uncertainty.

Speaking on the occasion, PASTRES research expertise in Ethiopia, Kenya and Niger drylands Masresha Taye said some 40 percent of the Ethiopian land is suitable for pastoralism noting that there are currently, some 15 to 20 million Ethiopians are pastoralist.

Source: Ethiopian News Agency