ILRI Livestock, Climate and the Environment theme outputs (2025-)
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Item De-risking livestock systems through bundled index insurance: why it is important to promote market development for productivity-enhancing inputs(Brief, 2025-05-30) Ochenje, Ibrahim; Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia; Banerjee, Rupsha R.Livestock keepers in East Africa grapple with multiple compounding and cascading risks including extreme weather events, pests and diseases, price fluctuations, and conflict. While several risk management solutions have been implemented mostly as standalone interventions, it is increasingly clear that bundling financial and sociotechnical innovations will be crucial for transforming agri-food systems to address the multiple risks simultaneously, enhance resilience, and improve livelihoods. This brief explains the role of private sector service providers of productivity-enhancing inputs in the diffusion and scaling of bundled index-based livestock insurance crucial for de-risking livestock systems and livelihoods.Item The moral economy behind the commoditisation of camel milk in northern Kenya(Journal Article, 2025-06-06) Mohamed, Tahira Shariff; Nori, MicheleItem Voices from below: prospects, challenges and opportunities in camel production in an uncertain drylands(Presentation, 2025-05) Mohamed, Tahira ShariffItem Scaling agricultural innovations: A systematic assessment with implications for pluralistic extension(Journal Article, 2025-05-29) Gebreyes, Million; Assefa, Habtemariam; Mekonnen, KinduPurpose This paper examines innovation scaling strategies through an Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) lens, drawing attention to the plurality of actors involved in advisory services. Systematic scaling assessments help reveal the competencies rural advisors need to support innovation diffusion, offering new insights into pluralistic extension. Design/methodology/approach Data were gathered through scaling assessment workshops in two operational areas of the Africa RISING project in Ethiopia. The Scaling Scan tool guided qualitative and quantitative data collection, focusing on 10 scaling ingredients and 40 specific questions. These ingredients were used to code qualitative data, and mean scores of the questions were visualized in spider diagrams. Findings The AIS lens and scaling assessments reveal that extension professionals often lack key competencies beyond education and technical knowledge—specifically in finance, business development, value chain management, and stakeholder engagement. These findings highlight the need for broader skill sets and move the discussion beyond public vs. private extension modalities. Practical implications Effective scaling requires a more functionally diverse extension system. Addressing constraints such as missing value chain actors, weak business cases, and limited financing demands better integration of advisory services, market actors, and financial institutions within pluralistic extension modalities. Theoretical implication The paper advances theorization by shifting from inclusion/exclusion to positioning agricultural knowledge and innovation systems as core constructs. It also reconceptualizes extension professionalism as a facilitative role in value chains and innovation systems. Originality/value The paper links innovation scaling to broader debates on AIS and pluralistic advisory systems.Item Wealth creation, income distribution, and adaptation among Sahelian (agro)pastoralists in a shock-prone environment(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Wane, Abdrahmane; Touré, I.; Mballo, A.D.; Ndiaye, A.; Souli, Z.; Botoni, E.Y.; Tankari, I.; Diao, M.B.Item Resilience in practice: Re-examining social assistance and collective solidarity for climate change adaptation(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Mohamed, Tahira ShariffItem The structuring role of rangeland products in the regional livestock supply chain of West Africa(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Wane, Abdrahmane; Ferrari, S.; Youssouf, B.; Houessionon, P.; Chan, Derek; Diop, M.B.; Bidoli, T.; Dione, Michel M.; Kezi, D.; Bentley, S.; Zairia, S.M.; Ka, M.; Bamouni, M.P.; Olawale, I.F.; Idrissou, A.A.; Botoni, E.Y.Item Re-seeding on highly degraded rangeland as strategy for forage production, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration in Ethiopia(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Eba, Bedasa; Lelisa, A.; Abule, Gedda E.; Asfwu, I.Item Determination of browse production, browsing capacity and implications on bush encroachment and livestock feed resources in rangelands of Southern Ethiopia(Poster, 2025-06) Abule, Gedda E.; Alemayehu, M.; Eba, BedasaItem Institutional capacity building and co-design of novel management practice unlock greater potential in communal grazing lands in Sub-Saharan Africa(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Sircely, JasonItem Bridging gender gaps in rangeland resource and conflict mapping: the role of participatory GIS, a case study in Kenya(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Paliwal, Ambica; Korir, Victor Kipkurui; Kenduiywo, Benson; Galiè, Alessandra; Bullock, Renee; Pacillo, Grazia; Wane, Abdrahmane; Whitbread, Anthony M.Item The need for a global rangeland health monitoring framework(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Winowiecki, Leigh Ann; Vågen, Tor-Gunnar; Robinson, N.; Kleinsmann, J.; Valli, R.; Burkart, Stefan; Magero, Chris; Flintan, Fiona E.Item Pastoralism in the Sahel: Perceptions and adaptation strategies of pastoralist youth(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Ka, M.; Ba, BabaItem Developing a community-based rangeland health system in Ethiopia(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Abule, Gedda E.; Sircely, Jason; Eba, Bedasa; Mor, Siobhan M.; Belay, K.; Admasu, B.; Fascendini, M.; Said, M.; Guyo, G.; Abdi, H.; Flintan, Fiona E.Item Mucuna pruriens-based feeds that improve sustainability of communal goat farming during the dry season in semi-arid savannah of southern Africa(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Manyawu, Godfrey J.; Rukuni, T.; Kapembeza, C.; Baleni, T.; Sisito, G.; Chakoma, I.; Hlatshwayo, A.; Musendo, B.; Dube, SikhalazoItem Strategies for building resilient pastoral and agropastoral systems in Africa(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Whitbread, Anthony M.; Ba, Baba; Banerjee, Rupsha R.; Dhulipala, Ram; Flintan, Fiona E.; Houessionon, Prosper; Joseph, E.; Olesikilal, Birikaa; Paliwal, Ambica; Sarr, A.; Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia; Sircely, Jason; Worou, O.N.; Wane, AbdrahmaneItem Participatory rangeland management (PRM): from concept to continental scaling(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Flintan, Fiona E.; Otieno, Ken; Sircely, Jason; Nganga, I.; Eba, Bedasa; Mukalo, I.; Faustin, Z.; Akilmali, A.; Ngurumwa, P.; Ouma, D.; Olesikilal, B.; Ebro, A.; Okoth, J.; Akiyaga, A.; Gudina, D.; Irwin, B.Item Joint village land use planning across administrative boundaries protects shared grazing lands and water points in Tanzania. Lessons learned from fifteen years of development and policy influencing(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Flintan, Fiona, E.; Kalenzi, D.; Akilimali, A.; Ngurumwa, P.; Faustin, Z.; Andalu, W.A.; Olesikilal, B.; Mkalawa, C.Item Impacts of consumption tracking and tailored feedback on meeting nutritional recommendations: a longitudinal regression discontinuity study(Journal Article, 2025-05-23) Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Lepariyo, Watson; Alulu, Vincent; Sibanda, SimbarasheBackground Malnutrition continues to have large and negative impacts on millions of people. Lack of nutrition education and access to accurate information can be large barriers to healthy eating. Methods In this paper, we causally tested if providing participants with consumption tracking information accompanied by tailored messaging that referenced internationally recognized dietary guidelines improved their consumption patterns. To do so, we developed a smartphone application that participants used to record their consumption and that of their children. Those self-recorded data were then used to provide the participants with tailored feedback by comparing their recorded consumption against recommended consumption patterns. The causal impacts of the tailored feedback were estimated using a regression discontinuity estimation strategy and validated using alternative empirical strategies and a parallel dataset collected from the same participants by Community Health Volunteers. Results We found that the informational and feedback treatments improved consumption patterns of the caregivers and their children. Specifically, once caregivers began receiving tracking information and tailored feedback on their children’s diet, their children’s likelihood of meeting the minimum dietary threshold increased by at least 23 percentage points. An analogous, although smaller and less precisely estimated, effect on the caregivers’ consumption was caused by providing them with tracking and feedback information on their own consumption. To verify these findings, we tested for the same effects using a parallel dataset collected by Community Health Volunteers from the same participants at the same period. The results of these analysis remained consistent with those estimated from self-recorded data but showed smaller effect sizes. Tests for persistence of the effects found no loss in impacts over the remaining months of the project. Conclusions These findings show that improving access to information on recommended consumption and providing easy methods for tracking own performance against those recommendations can improve consumption patterns while also demonstrating that low-cost, light-touch approaches can be effective for collecting related data and delivering such services.Item Impact of Community-based Rangeland Management (CBRM) and Livestock Marketing Interventions on Adaptive Capacity, Food and Nutrition Security, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Extensive Livestock Systems in Kenya(Report, 2025) Odhong, Charles; Van Djik, Suzanne; Wahome, Raphael; Chepkorir, Vicky; Kihara, Francis; Kamadi, Victor; Radeny, Maren A.O.In Kenya, the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) support over 70% of the country's livestock and 85% of its wildlife. Pastoralists, who practice extensive livestock production, dominate these regions, contributing about 46.3% of the nation's beef production. Livestock production systems in Kenya’s rangelands face several challenges that affect livestock productivity and increase mortality. This low-input system relies on natural or semi-natural vegetation in rangelands, where pastoralists—whether transhumant or nomadic—derive over half their income from livestock and livestock products. The challenges experienced can broadly be categorized into: i) Environmental (climate change, soil erosion, declining biodiversity, lack of water, increased spread of livestock diseases); ii) Social (conflict, increased demand for land); and iii) Governance (changes in land tenure systems, elite influence on decision making, weakening traditional institutions). At the same time, livestock systems also contribute to climate change primarily through the production of greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide and methane) mainly from enteric fermentation, fodder, and manure management. Interventions to improve productivity in pastoral livestock systems in Kenya have mainly focused on improving livestock production, strengthening marketing systems and rangeland restoration. To increase production, interventions have focused on provision of animal health services e.g. disease control programs. To strengthen markets, interventions have focused on reducing marginalization of pastoralist and enhancing access to local and external markets. To restore rangelands, management interventions have focused on addressing the cause of degradation. Rangeland restoration interventions implemented by communities and various stakeholders include: i) rotational of grazing on pastures; ii) reseeding of rangelands; iii) reduction of livestock numbers; iv) variation of the species of livestock kept by the communities; and v) modification of grazing times for individuals and communities. Interventions to improve productivity and restore rangeland landscapes have resulted in better animal nutrition with positive impact on health and fertility - healthier animals, which emit less GHG to produce more output (e.g. early attainment of market weight).
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