Mitigating farmer-herder conflict
Archived Project
Ced Hesse
Senior associate, Climate Change
Languages:
English,
French (fluent)
Specialist on climate-resilient dryland livelihoods, particularly pastoralism, in the Sahel and eastern Africa.
Expertise
National to local delivery mechanisms for climate finance in support of locally led adaptation; participatory and interdisciplinary approaches to climate-resilient local governance and community planning, working with governments across scale and non-state actors; dynamics of sustainable drylands livelihoods systems with a focus on pastoralism; participatory policy-oriented research combining scientific and indigenous knowledge, and design of effective knowledge training tools and approaches integrated into university curriculums.
Before IIED
Director/coordinator of Arid Lands Information Network (1988-96); Sahel Monitoring and Early Warning Systems Manager, Oxfam (1985-88); researcher at International Livestock Centre for Africa in Mali (1981-84).
Ced was also a senior fellow and team leader, climate resilience, productivity and equity in the drylands, in IIED's Climate Change research group until September 2024.
Education
- MA, African studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- BA, human geography, African and Asian studies, Sussex University
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