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| Title: | East African pastoralism: common land, common problems: report on a workshop |
| Authors: | Lane, Charles Swift, Jeremy |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| Pages: | 12 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Issues paper (ISSN 1357-9312) |
| City of publisher: | London |
| Publisher: | International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
| Geographic terms: | Kenya Tanzania |
| Subjects: | pastoralists land law agricultural policy animal husbandry |
| Abstract: | This is a report on the Pastoral Land Tenure Workshop, which was held in Arusha, Tanzania, in December 1988. The papers presented during the workshop were grouped into four case studies: Maasai group ranches in Kenya, northern Kenyan pastoralists, Maasai in Tanzania, and Barabaig of Tanzania. The Workshop discussions centred upon three broad themes: law and institutions; information, education, and training; and policy. There was a consensus among participants that land tenure conflicts are a common problem for pastoralists throughout East Africa. Range land and pastoral livelihoods are being threatened by widespread land alienation. To date pastoral resistance has been fractured and largely ineffective. The meeting was able to draw attention to the problem and encourage pastoralists to make a more concerted and effective response to it. The need for legal aid was identified as a priority for those challenging land alienation. One source of the problem for pastoralists is inappropriate policy. There still persists a notion in the minds of planners and administrators that pastoralism is a primitive form of production inferior to cultivation agriculture. This has often led to disregard for pastoral interests and the implementation of plans that penalize pastoral production. It was agreed that pastoralists should counter this bias by influencing policy through bridgebuilding with the authorities and education that better promotes the pastoral perspective. |