Publications from the League for Pastoral Peoples

This list contains publications published by the League for Pastoral Peoples, produced as a result of work by the League, or relevant documents produced by League members.

Newsletters | Policy papers | Animal health | Camel genetics | Conference papers | Extension and training manuals |General scientific publications | Popular articles | Publications in German | Reports | Socioeconomics | Theses

Newsletters

bullet People and Livestock Issue 5, Apr 2007 (endogenous livestock development)
bullet People and Livestock Issue 4, Aug 2006 (avian influenza)
bullet People and Livestock Issue 3, Jul 2005 (people-centred livestock development)
bullet People and Livestock Issue 2, Feb 2005 (camels and pastoralism)
bullet People and Livestock Issue 1, Nov 2004 (nimal genetic resources)

Policy papers and public awareness materials

bulletMathias, Evelyn, and Paul Mundy. 2005. Herd movements: The exchange of livestock breeds and genes between North and South. League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development, Ober-Ramstadt, Germany. 89 pp.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 2005. Building an international legal framework on animal genetic resources: Can it help the drylands and food-insecure countries? German NGO Forum on on Environment and Development, Bonn.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 2004. Livestock keepers' rights: Conserving breeds, supporting livelihoods. League for Pastoral Peoples, Ober-Ramstadt, Germany. 20 pp.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 2004. Tierhalterrechte:  Nutztierrassen erhalten, ländliche Existenzen bewahren. League for Pastoral Peoples, Ober-Ramstadt, Germany. 20 pp.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 2004. Il est vital de protéger les éleveurs de bétail traditionnels. La Revue Durable 12, pp. 28-31, Sept-Oct 2004.
bulletLeague for Pastoral Peoples, Intermediate Technology Development Group East Africa, and Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan, 2004. Indigenous knowledge about animal breeding, traditional communities and the State of the World Report. 4 pp.
bulletForum Umwelt & Entwicklung. 2003. The Karen Commitment: Indigenous livestock breeding communities and animal genetic resources. Bonn, Germany. 
bulletLivestock diversity: Keepers' rights, shared benefits and pro-poor policies. Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung,  Bonn, Germany. 
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. "Managing animal genetic resources at the community level". Pages 391-9 in: Conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity: A sourcebook. CIP-UPWARD. 
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 2002. Management of animal genetic diversity at community level. Managing Agrobiodiversity in Rural Areas, GTZ, Eschborn. 17 pp. 
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 2001. Intellectual property rights regime necessary for traditional livestock raisers. Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor, 9(1), March 2001, pp 12-15. Nuffic-CIRAN, The Hague. 
bulletLocal livestock breeds for sustainable rural livelihoods: Towards community-based approaches for animal genetic resource conservation. Proceedings of a conference/workshop held on 1-4 November, 2000 in Udaipur & Sadri, Rajasthan, India. 176 pp.
bulletGeerlings, Ellen, Evelyn Mathias and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson. 2002. Securing tomorrow's food: Promoting the sustainable use of farm animal genetic resources: Issues and options. League for Pastoral Peoples, Ober-Ramstadt, Germany. 4 pp.
bulletGeerlings, Ellen, Evelyn Mathias and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson. 2002. Securing tomorrow's food: Promoting the sustainable use of farm animal genetic resources: Information for action. League for Pastoral Peoples, Ober-Ramstadt, Germany. 70 pp.

Animal health

bulletIIRR. 1994. Ethnoveterinary medicine in Asia: An information kit on traditional animal health care practices. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Silang, Philippines. Summary and table of contents (involvement by LPP members Evelyn Mathias and Paul Mundy)
bulletIIRR. 1996. Ethnoveterinary medicine in Kenya: A field manual of traditional animal health care practices. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, and Intermediate Technology Kenya, Nairobi. Summary and table of contents (involvement by Evelyn Mathias and Paul Mundy)
bulletIIRR. 1996. Paraveterinary medicine: An information kit on low-cost health care practices. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Silang, Philippines. Summary and table of contents (involvement by Evelyn Mathias and Paul Mundy)
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse, Paul Mundy and Evelyn Mathias. 2001. A Field Manual of Camel Diseases: Traditional and Modern Health Care for the Dromedary. Intermediate Technology Publishing, London. 254 pp.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1995. The Camel Husbandry Improvement Project in Rajasthan (India): Towards the development of extension services for camel pastoralists. Livestock Production and Diseases. Proceedings of the 8th Conference of Institutions of Tropical Veterinary Medicine; Berlin, 1995, Vol. 2:591.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1996. Traditional management of camel health and disease in North Africa and India. Pp. 129-136 in C. Mc Corkle, E. Mathias and T. Schillhorn van Veen, Eds. Ethnoveterinary Research and Development. London, Intermediate Technology Publications.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse and H.S. Rathore. 1996. Ethnoveterinary Medicine: A "new" perspective for livestock health services. Pashudhan 11(10), p.1 and 8. 
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse, S.S. Rathore and H.S. Rathore. 1998. Health problems of breeding camels in traditional management systems in Rajasthan. Pashudhan 13(8):1,8.

Camel genetics

bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1992. The camel breeds of India in social and historical perspective. Animal Genetic Resources Information 10:53-64.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1993. About camel breeds: A re-evaluation of current classification systems. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 110:66-73.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse and H.S. Rathore. 1995. The Malvi camel breed: An important genetic resource. Journal of Camel Practice and Research 2(1):13-16. 
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse and H.S. Rathore. 1996. The Malvi camel: A newly discovered breed from India. Animal Genetic Resource Information 18:31-42. 
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1997. Indigenous practices of animal genetic resource management and their relevance for the conservation of domestic animal diversity in developing countries. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 114(3):231-238

Conference papers

bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 2000. Implementing the Convention on Biodiversity with respect to domestic animal diversity. pp. 55-63 in: Experiences in Farmer’s Biodiversity Management: Report on the International Workshop on Animal and Plant Genetic Resources in Agriculture at the Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide-Chorin, Germany, 16-18 May 2000. German NGO Forum on Environment & Development, Bonn.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1993. Helping Rajasthan's camel pastoralists survive and what NGOs could do about it: The view from the bottom. United Nations Environment Programme Workshop "Listening to the People. Social Aspects of Dryland Management". UNEP/DC- PAC, Nairobi.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse, J. Bräunig, S.M. Mohnot, et al. 1994. Camel milk marketing in India: Restoring the economical viability of camel pastoralism. Workshop: Camels and Dromedaries as Dairy Animals. Nouakchott, Mauritania.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1994. From royal camel tenders to dairymen: Occupational change within the Raika community. Third International Seminar on Rajasthan Studies, University of Jaipur, India.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1995. Changing attitudes among Raika pastoralists: The emergence of the camel milk market in Western India. International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences Inter-Congress, Florence.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse, H.S. Rathore and R.R. Dewasi. 1995. The Camel Husbandry Improvement Project in Rajasthan (India): Towards the development of extension services for camel pastoralists. VIII. International Conference of Institutions of Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Berlin. 
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1995. Requirements for veterinary education from the perspective of rural development organizations. National Seminar on Veterinary Education. Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse and H.S. Rathore. 1998. Results and Experiences of the Applied Camel Research Project in Pali District, Rajasthan. International Seminar on Camel Applied Research and Development organized by National Research Centre on Camel and College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Bikaner.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse and J. Bräunig. 1998. Anthropological veterinary medicine: The need for indigenizing the curriculum. The Ninth International Conference of Institutions of Tropical Veterinary Medicine on Animal Health and Production for Development, Harare, Zimbabwe.
bulletRathore, Hanwant Singh and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson. 2000. Indigenous institutions for managing livestock genetic diversity in Rajasthan (India). pp 47-54 in: Experiences in Farmer’s Biodiversity Management: Report on the International Workshop on Animal and Plant Genetic Resources in Agriculture at the Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide-Chorin, Germany, 16-18 May 2000. German NGO Forum on Environment & Development, Bonn.

Extension and training manuals

bulletLokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, 2005. Indigenous Breeds, Local Communities: Documenting animal breeds and breeding from a community perspective. Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan, Sadri, Rajasthan, India.
bulletIIRR. 2004. Food security in pastoralist areas of Ethiopia. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Nairobi, Kenya. Summary and table of contents (involvement by LPP member Paul Mundy)
bulletIIRR. 2001. Managing dryland resources: A manual for Eastern and Southern Africa. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Nairobi. Summary and table of contents (involvement by Paul Mundy)
bulletIIRR. 1998. Sustainable agriculture extension manual for Eastern and Southern Africa. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Nairobi. Summary and table of contents (involvement by Paul Mundy)
bulletIIRR. 1996. Ethnoveterinary medicine in Kenya: A field manual of traditional animal health care practices. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, and Intermediate Technology Kenya, Nairobi. Summary and table of contents (involvement by Paul Mundy)
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IIRR. 1996. Paraveterinary medicine: An information kit on low-cost health care practices. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Silang, Philippines. Summary and table of contents (involvement by Evelyn Mathias and Paul Mundy)

bulletIIRR. 1996. Recording and using indigenous knowledge: A manual. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Silang, Philippines. Summary and table of contents (involvement by Evelyn Mathias and Paul Mundy)
bulletIIRR. 1994. Ethnoveterinary medicine in Asia: An information kit on traditional animal health care practices. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Silang, Philippines. Summary and table of contents (involvement by Evelyn Mathias and Paul Mundy)
bulletIIRR, Cordaid and Acacia Consultants. 2004. Drought cycle management: A toolkit for the drylands of the Greater Horn of Africa. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Nairobi; Cordaid,The Hague; and Acacia Consultants, Nairobi. (involvement by Paul Mundy)
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse, Paul Mundy and Evelyn Mathias. 2001. A Field Manual of Camel Diseases: Traditional and Modern Health Care for the Dromedary. Intermediate Technology Publishing, London. 254 pp.
bulletRELMA. 2004 (in press). Land management in Ethiopia. Regional Land Management Association, Nairobi. (involvement by Paul Mundy)

General scientific publications

bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1992. The Raikas of western Rajasthan, India. Pastoral Development Network Newsletter 32:6-7.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1995. Camels in the Land of Kings. Natural History 104(3):54-61. (Reprinted in Angeloni , E. Ed., Annual Editions. Anthropology 96/97:83-86. Dushkin Publishing Group, Guilford, Connecticut).
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1996. The one-humped camel in Asia: origin, utilization and mechanisms of dispersal. Pp. 282-294 in D. Harris, Ed. The Origins and Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism in Eurasia. London, UCL Press.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse and H.S. Rathore. 1997. Raikas from Rajasthan. LEISA, Ileia Newsletter July: 26.

Popular articles

bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse, and Hanwant Singh Rathore. 2005. Camel yatra. Down To Earth, 31 May 2005.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1997. New hope for the Raikas of Rajasthan. Livestock International 1(1):11-14.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. Running aground. The Raikas and their camel fleet. India Magazine Sept: 20-24
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1997. Hone the homemade. Down to Earth Oct 31:40-41.

Publications in German

bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 2004. Tierhalterrechte:  Nutztierrassen erhalten, ländliche Existenzen bewahren. League for Pastoral Peoples, Ober-Ramstadt, Germany. 20 pp.
bulletLeague for Pastoral Peoples. 2004. Engagement für Autonomie und Identität (Supporting independence and identity). League for Pastoral Peoples, Ober-Ramstadt, Germany.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1995. Tierhaltung bei den Hirtennomaden. Zeit der Tiere - Zeit der Menschen. Politische Ökologie. Special Issue 8:71-75.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1996. Kamele im Land der Könige. Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Mitteilungen 67:27-32.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1997. Ökologische und Ökonomische Aspekte des Kamelhirtentums in Indien. Pp. 83-86 in H.-D. Mathes and H. Doehring, eds. 3. Lenzener Gespräche. Landschaftspflege mit Nutztieren, nachhaltige Landnutzung und Erhaltung kleiner Populationen. Dummerstorf.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1997. Zwischen Brenneisen und Antibiotika. Zur Bedeutung der Ethnotiermedizin. Forschung. Mitteilungen der DFG 1:24-26. (English translation: Between burning irons and antibiotics. in Reports of the DFG 2-3/97:4-6)

Reports

bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse and H.S. Rathore. 1996. Camel pastoralism in Pali District of Rajasthan: Anachronism or chance ? A report on the Camel Husbandry Improvement (CHIP) Project. 
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse and H.S. Rathore. 1996. Camel milk marketing in Rajasthan. A Report on the Poverty Alleviation for Raika Pastoralists (PARP) Project.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. NGO strategies for livestock development in Western Rajasthan (India). 
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. Camel breeding in India: A status report with policy recommendations. 

Socioeconomics

bulletGeerlings, Ellen. 2004. The black sheep of Rajasthan. Seedling, October 2004. pp 11-16.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1992. The Raika dromedary breeders of Rajasthan: A pastoral system under crisis. Nomadic Peoples 30:74-83.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1994. Helping Rajasthan’s camel pastoralists survive and what NGOs could do about it: the view from the bottom. In (D. Stiles, Ed.) Listening to the People: Social Aspects of Dryland Management. UNEP-DC/PAC, Nairobi.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1994. Pastoralism in Western India from a comparative perspective: some comments. Pastoral Development Network Paper 36a:3-5. Overseas Development Institute, London.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1995. Rajasthan’s camel pastoralists and NGOs: the view from the bottom. Pp. 115-128 in D. Stiles, Ed. Social aspects of sustainable dryland management. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.
bulletKöhler-Rollefson, Ilse. 1995. Working with pastoralists. Pastoral Perspective. Journal of Camel Practice and Research 3(2):131-132

Theses

bulletGeerlings, Ellen. 2001. Sheep husbandry and ethnoveterinary knowledge of Raika sheep pastoralists in Rajasthan, India. MSc thesis, Wageningen University, Netherlands. 83 pp.