Africa's nomadic herders under threat

Eliki, Niger: The report says the nomadic cattle of west Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya produce more and better quality meat and generate more cash per hectare than "modern" Australian and American ranches where animals remain in one place.
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Central Niger: Markets matter for pastoralists: In Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger pastoralists regularly cover up to 40-60 km in order to go to their nearest or preferred weekly market, where they know the mediator, where they know the prices are higher and where they expect to be able to share information on the conditions of the range.
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Yawigué in central Chad : Millions of hectares of land traditionally used by pastoralists in Ethiopia, Senegal, Mali, Chad, Kenya and other sub Saharan countries have been lost to sedentary farming and conservation over the last 50 years, say the authors of the report.
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Ethiopia: More and more prime grazing land is falling under the plough due to rising population levels and declining crop yields combined with a policy environment favouring farming over pastoralism. The loss of rich pastures is restricting mobility and making pastoralism less viable thus pushing poorer pastoral communities to raise crops to feed their families which only further undermines the wider pastoral system.
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Elema Khana, 47 walking home during the drought in 2008. Before the drought she had 15 cattle at home. Ten of those have died. She is returning from visiting a further two cows she has with a relative two full days walk away. On the way back home she has checked on two of her cattle that she had taken to a Save the Children feeding centre here in Bor Bor. Elema lives two hours away from Bor Bor in Safar village. There is very little grass around. What Elema carries on her back is what she collected piece by piece walking for two days and two nights. She is bringing the grass home for the three cows at home that are too weak to stand.
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To supply the Kenyan markets of Nairobi and Mombasa, herders from Somalia trek to the border market at Garissa, a trek that can be 400–600 km and take 9–10 days. From there the cattle are taken onwards by truck.
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Djibouti: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Ngorongoro, northern Tanzania: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Kenya: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Eastern Niger: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Korilam, eastern Niger: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Babalmi in eastern Niger: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Mali: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Kenya: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Ethiopia: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Eastern Niger: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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Chad: Image from Modern and mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands, a report by Helen de Jode
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