Drylands

Evolving Customary Institutions in the Drylands An opportunity for devolved natural resource governance in Kenya?

Sheila Mbiru — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 07:44:17 +0000

Evolving Customary Institutions in the Drylands An opportunity for devolved natural resource governance in Kenya?

Description

Improved governance of natural resources is crucial for building climate resilient livelihoods and economies in Africa’s drylands. This paper looks at why the authority and capacity of customary
natural resource management institutions has been weakened, and how this impacts on resource governance and climate resilience. Our case study looks at a new hybrid form of customary/formal institution that is emerging as a response to the stagnation of development and increasing conflict around resource access. The paper demonstrates that legitimising and supporting customary institutions can be a more successful and sustainable approach to addressing the ‘drylands development deficit’ than projects that focus on technical fixes or work in parallel to customary institutions.

Sheila Mbiru Mon, 08/04/2014 - 02:44

Responsible party

International Institute for Environment and Development

Attachment	Size
IIED 2014 Evolving Customary Institutions.pdf	1.51 MB

Forests and Forest-based Products for a Greener Future resource governance / natural resource management / Drylands / customary institutions

Prosopis beans - a new source of food in dryland Africa

Sheila Mbiru — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:33:33 +0000

Prosopis beans - a new source of food in dryland Africa

Description

A Policy brief calling companies in the food and animal feed industries, government departments, aid agencies, and research and development organizations to take on board knowledge about this source of ‘free’ food that will improve rural livelihoods and food security in famine-prone dry areas.

Sheila Mbiru Fri, 02/22/2013 - 08:33

Responsible party

Kenya Forestry Research Institute and the Centre for Agroecology and Food Security, Coventry University,

Funding bodies

Kenya Forestry Research Institute and the Centre for Agroecology and Food Security, Coventry University,

Attachment	Size
Prosopis beans policy brief.pdf	517.37 KB

Forests and People Prosopis beans / Drylands / africa

Improving Tree Survival in the Drylands of Kenya

charles — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:06:45 +0000

Improving Tree Survival in the Drylands of Kenya

Description

KEFRI INFORMATION BULLETIN NO. 2

charles Tue, 06/26/2012 - 08:06

Responsible party

KEFRI

Funding bodies

KEFRI and NALEP

Attachment	Size
KEFRI Information Bulletin N0.2.pdf	4.4 MB

Forests and Climate Change Tree Survival / Drylands