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Pastoral pathways

Climate change adaptation lessons from Ethiopia

Author(s)

Eriksen, S.; Marin, A.

Published by

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Year published

2011

Summary

A key aim of the Norwegian Development Fund is to increase the adaptive capacity of marginalised rural poor farmers and pastoralists in the South. The focus country of this project study, Ethiopia, has a legacy of variable and unpredictable rainfall, causing frequent droughts and heavy floods, undermining local as well as national food and water security. The analysis in this paper is based mainly on interview data collected in two sites in Afar as well as insights from past studies in the region as documented in published literature. Some of the key issues identified for Afar are followed up with a smaller number of interviews in another pastoral area, the neighbouring Somali region.

Language of publication

English

Extent of item

54 p.

Format

Digital

Material type

report

Associated URL

http://www.umb.no/statisk/noragric/publications/reports_other/pastoral_pathways_siri_eriksen_andrei_marin2011.pdf

Regions and countries

Region I - Africa > Ethiopia