Pastoralism represents a primary source of livelihood in Sardinia. Traditional pastoral practices which made effective use of local territories have smartly integrated into international policy frames and global market networks. The Pecorino Romano is today one of the most...
26 June 2023
A forthcoming EUI working paper by Alessandro Dessi explains the findings from a study on pastoral schools in southern Europe, asking how they are responding to the issue of uncertainty. Schools to train new pastoralists are booming in southern Europe. The aim of these initiatives is often...
28 April 2023
22 April 2022
20 April 2022
IDS Bulletin 51.1A
This archive IDS Bulletin reflects on 50 years of research on pastoralism at IDS. Much has changed, but there are also important continuities. The ‘end of pastoralism’ was proclaimed widely in the 1970s, yet, as a successful, resilient livelihood adapted to some of the harshest...
27 May 2020
Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice;(2019) 9:10
This short report describes the PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience: Global Lessons from the Margins) project, its objectives and early implementation. PASTRES investigates the principles inspiring the strategies and the practices applied by pastoralists to tackle and live with and...
25 July 2019