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DocumentAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. Geographic distribution and environmental characterization of livestock production systems in Eastern Africa 2010
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No results found.The central role played by livestock in the livelihoods of rural households in the developing world is seldom fully appreciated by policy makers, development agencies and donors. Knowledge gaps in the geographic distribution and environmental determinants of farming systems, especially if viewed through the livestock lens, compound this problem. We have produced a map of pastoral, agro-pastoral and mixed farming systems across Eastern Africa, by analysing datasets collected in the framework of l ivelihood analysis. Input data were gathered between 2000 and 2007 by various emergency and development agencies for Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda and parts of Ethiopia and Sudan. A quantitative definition of the production systems is adopted, based on the ratio of livestock- to cropderived income. The resulting livelihood-based map of livestock production systems was compared through correspondence analysis to an alternative livestock production systems map, produced independently f rom environmental data. Convergence between the two mapping approaches was evident. The geographic distribution of the livestock production systems was also modelled using multivariate analysis of remotely sensed and other geospatial datasets. Models show high statistical accuracy, and were thus used to fill the gaps in the observed distribution of livestock production systems. Finally, selected environmental factors underpinning the systems (agro-climatology, human and livestock populations and land cover) were analysed in detail, enabling the livestock production systems to be characterized in terms of them. The regional scope of the map, as well as its direct link with a vast amount of livelihood information, render it a valuable tool for a range of development and research applications, including those related to global change. -
ProjectPromoting nutrition-sensitive agricultural diversification in Eastern Africa - GCP/SFE/001/MUL 2019
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No results found.Africa is the world’s youngest continent, with more than half of the population under25 years of age. Unleashing the capacity of young women and men to effectivelyparticipate in the modernization of the agricultural sector is imperative for enhancedresilience, improved food security and poverty reduction. Rural youth employmenthas been identified as a major national and regional priority in Eastern Africa.Aquaculture and poultry production are agricultural areas with the potential to boostnutritious food production, livelihood diversification and income generation.Sustainable, integrated and innovative practices to enhance youth entrepreneurshipwere needed, as well as supporting mechanisms to enable farmers to producenutrient-dense foods for schoolchildren, the community at large and domestic andregional markets. Against this background, the project aimed to promote greaterdiversity and intensification of the poultry and aquaculture value chains, to improvenutrition and offer better job prospects for young people in four recipient countriesin Eastern Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. Lessons learned and goodpractices derived from the four baby projects were shared with other countries in thesubregion: Djibouti, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia and United Republic of Tanzania. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetImpact of COVID-19 on agriculture, food systems and rural livelihoods in Eastern Africa
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No results found.The FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa is a technical hub which supports nine countries in Eastern Africa: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda. It has a core team of professionals with multidisciplinary expertise. It is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing subregional food security, nutrition, agriculture and rural development priorities. COVID-19 hit the Eastern Africa subregion at a particularly critical time when the economies of a number of countries in the subregion were recovering from the impacts of recent droughts and severe flooding and dealing with the worst desert locust invasion in 25 years. In addition, conflict- and climate-induced displacements are prominent in the subregion, with more than 7 million displaced people in camps or settlement situations in only four countries (1.78 million in Ethiopia, 1.67 million in South Sudan, 2.65 million in Somalia and 1.43 million in Uganda). The cumulative effect of these shocks has eroded the resilience of large segments of the population and strained governments and humanitarian agencies (UNHCR, 2020).
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