<div dir="ltr">Dear Ann.<div><br></div><div>Thank you. Very good article!</div><div>I have following comments for its future improvements : <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In the section 2.”Importance of Pastoralism..” can
be added: In Mongolia one-third of the
national labor force was employed in pastoral agriculture and comprised 24 percent of its GDP. Mongolian
herders, as “family pastoralists” , where more than 167 thousand herders’s
households has with average of 390
herds per one herder’s family.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In the section 3. Some specifics: can be added: “
Mobility is core and base for pastoral agriculture..”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In the section 4.on Change land tenure: “Pastoral lands as CPR need clear tenure
system including contractual
arrangements in coexisting with existing customary institutional structure of common resources
management at local level” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In this section on Increasing insecurity : “ Climate
change and desertification with increased evidence of extreme climate
conditions makes also more insecure
family pastoralists”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In the section the “loss of traditional know..”: add
“in many countries of Central Asia the loss of traditional knowledge negatively
contributing on family pastoralism” </span></p></div><div>: .</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 2:05 AM Ann Waters-Bayer <<a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de">waters-bayer@web.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>Here is now a 10-pager which is meant to complement the earlier 4-page brief. This longer paper is written for people involved in promoting and supporting family farming who might be interested in delving a bit deeper to gain a better understanding of pastoralists as family farmers. </div><div><br></div><div>The paper outlines: i) features of pastoralists that identify them as family farmers; ii) the importance of pastoralists for the wellbeing of nations, people and the environment; iii) specificities of pastoral farming systems; iv) major challenges and emerging opportunities for pastoralists; and v) how pastoralists’ issues could be incorporated into policy advocacy activities during the Decade of Family Farming.</div><div><br></div><div>This longer paper (plus the 4-pager brief) can be found on the CELEP website: <a href="http://www.celep.info/pastoralists-as-family-farmers/" style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold" target="_blank">http://www.celep.info/pastoralists-as-family-farmers/</a><b style="font-style:italic"> </b>- sorry, the 10-pager is available only in English.</div><div><br></div><div>The Spanish version of the 4-pager is still in the making but will be posted soon on the CELEP website.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Ann</div><div><br></div><div></div></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div></div><div><br></div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 18 Mar 2019, at 22:25 PM, Ann Waters-Bayer <<a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" target="_blank">waters-bayer@web.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_-7669916891614248869Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">Dear all, </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">To mark the beginning of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–28, the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) combined forces with the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative and the International Support Group (ISG) for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in bring out a 4-page brief “Pastoralists as family farmers” in English and French (attached).</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">In the definition of family farmers for the International Year of Family Farmers (IYFF) in 2014 and now for the Decade of Family Farming, pastoralists are mentioned as a group requiring specific attention. Despite this recognition, most statements, papers and information about family farmers refer primarily to small-scale crop farmers. CELEP, ILC and the ISG – as organisations supporting, working with or representing pastoralists – seek to draw attention to the importance of including pastoralists within discussions and interventions in family farming, including in the current Decade.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">Please share this brief with people involved in promoting and supporting family farming.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">Cheers,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">Ann</span></div><div><br></div><div></div></div><span id="gmail-m_-7669916891614248869cid:60CEBFC6-F1B9-43B8-A090-2F4736F39B64@sphairon.box"><Pastoralism and FF French.pdf></span><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div></div></div><span id="gmail-m_-7669916891614248869cid:55AEF2FA-9027-4A63-9329-7731F51C3CB5@sphairon.box"><Pastoralism and FF English final.pdf></span><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">Ann Waters-Bayer</font></div><div><font size="1">Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology</font></div><div><font size="1">Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern Pastoralism (CELEP)</font></div><div><font size="1">E: <font color="#800080"><a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" target="_blank">waters-bayer@web.de</a></font></font></div><div><font size="1">S: ann-waters</font></div><div><font size="1">W: <a href="http://www.agrecol.de/" style="color:purple" target="_blank">www.agrecol.de</a> / <a href="http://www.celep.info/" style="color:purple" target="_blank">www.celep.info</a></font></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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