A case of benign neglect

Capacity building

Marketing

Exchange between communities

Energy

Rangeland improvement

Veterinary services

Credit/loan

Water

Supplemental feed

Figure 19: Respondents’ assessment of knowledge gaps in the provision of technical support by topic

very large gap large gap medium gap small gap very small gap no information

of conflicts through the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), mapping of land-tenure and land-use change in rangelands by the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative, and a review of transboundary livestock movement agreements and legislations by IUCN. Respondents were asked to share their perspectives on gaps in information on technical support provided for pastoralism and rangelands. The results showed that there are gaps in all information and support subjects. Many respondents also thought that there were major gaps in the availability of information on

the impact of policies and laws and information on voices of pastoralists (see Figure 18). Interestingly, the latter topic was also rated as having the smallest information gap. There seemed to be consensus that the smallest information gap was for the topic livestock information, such as number of animals. Regarding technical support, the largest gaps were identified within capacity-building and marketing. Large gaps were also identified for rangeland improvement and vocational training. The smallest gaps in technical support were related to the topics of water and exchanges between communities (see Figure 19).

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