Germany releases plan to boost food security among herders
Business Daily Africa, Kenya - Dec 7, 2007
The nomadic lifestyle of pastoral communities may soon be replaced by sedentary agriculture following a US$7.5 million initiative by the German Government to boost food security and nutrition in three nations including Kenya.
Today pastoral communities like the Maasai rely heavily on livestock as a source of livelihood and are forced to shift base in search of pasture.
This, analysts say, does not augur well for food security and high standards of nutrition.
An initiative by the German government in Kenya, Tanzania and Afghanistan is, however, seeking to reverse the trend among pastoralists and rangeland communities living in these countries by ensuring they adopt more permanent and reliable production programmes. In Kenya and neighbouring Tanzania, the programme targets to boost the agro-pastoral capacity of the Maasai community ...