EmpPastor
Help pastoralist communities around the world preserve their livelihood, by providing them access to information and resources (e.g grass land, water, safe routes) to prepare and support their migration journey.
The objective of the project is to design a working prototype for a mobile application which provides pastoralists community with information on land monitoring: water availability, grassland, and assist communities in networking.
Pastoralists constitute considerable percent of the total population in the horn Africa region. They have the highest rates of poverty and the lowest human development indices. Because their income is so dependent on livestock, they are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on the region, which will include increased poverty, water scarcity and food insecurity.
The App will have the following features:
- Location tracking system
- Info about climate change and forecast
- Info about enhancement capacity of government agencies
- Tips for pastoralist community to effectively respond to the risks and challenges of climate change.
- Coping mechanisms and guide for capacity for sustainable livelihoods.
- Tips on food storage
- Rain harvesting and recycling
- Info about more productive and more sustainable rain-fed or irrigated crop.
- The development of diversified income-earning opportunities that may not be dependent on demand from within the pastoral economy.
- Awareness about population growth and control.
