Drylands and pastoralism

With research, training and advocacy, we help build climate resilience, productivity and equity in the dryland areas of East Africa, Ethiopia, the Sahel and Sudan

Also related to

Decentralising Climate Funds

Climate finance

Crops and cattle

Climate change and conflict - reframing the debate

Began April 2022

A seated woman talks animatedly to colleagues.

Remembering Nicole Kenton

15 February 2023

Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme

September 2022 - ongoing

Illustration of the outline of a herder herding their flock in front of buildings, with the words "Pastoralism in development" underneath

Pastoralism in Development: a learning journey – free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Man and woman fill up jerry cans with water from a fountain

Water access in the drylands – what’s not working?

Claire Bedelian
11 November 2022

Man, wearing red and black and holding a stick, walks with cattle

Valuing a traditional lifestyle: how Maasai herders are being paid to protect nature and combat climate change

Jo Anderson
19 October 2022

A man hoeing ground that is dry and cracked.

Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?

Nathaniah Jacobs and Daniel Behailu
24 June 2022

A man is surrounded by cattle on a dusty trail.

Mitigating farmer-herder conflict

April 2017 - March 2019

Related collections

Learn more about focused areas of IIED's drylands and pastoralism work

Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity

A programme of work showing how IIED is building capacity to act on the implications of climate change for equitable and climate resilient development in the drylands

Mobilising money to where it matters

A programme of work helping to initiate a positive shift in the quantity and quality of climate finance reaching the local level to support locally-led solutions that address climate change, poverty and biodiversity loss

Publications

View more Drylands and pastoralism publications

20911g.pdf

Pastoralism in Uganda

20906g.pdf

Pastoralism and pastoral policy in Ethiopia

17763IIED.pdf

How have decentralised natural resource management institutions evolved over 20 years?

10208IIED.pdf

Farmer-herder conflict in sub-Saharan Africa?

7282IIED.pdf

Rethinking Range Ecology: Implications for rangeland management in Africa

7322IIED.pdf

Wetlands in Drylands: Khor Baraka - A key resource in eastern Sudan and Eritrea

7379IIED.pdf

Land Tenure Conflicts and their Management in the 5th Region of Mali

7417IIED.pdf

Rural Land Plan: An innovative approach from Cote d'Ivoire

9179IIED.pdf

Where There is No Data: Participatory approaches to veterinary epidemiology in pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa

12554IIED.pdf

Legal tools for citizen empowerment: Increasing local participation and benefit in Mali’s mining sector

Crops and cattle

Climate change and conflict - reframing the debate

Active Project

A seated woman talks animatedly to colleagues.

Remembering Nicole Kenton

Article, 15 February 2023

Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme

Active Project

Illustration of the outline of a herder herding their flock in front of buildings, with the words "Pastoralism in development" underneath

Pastoralism in Development: a learning journey – free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Article

Man and woman fill up jerry cans with water from a fountain

Water access in the drylands – what’s not working?

Blog, 11 November 2022

Man, wearing red and black and holding a stick, walks with cattle

Valuing a traditional lifestyle: how Maasai herders are being paid to protect nature and combat climate change

Blog, 19 October 2022

A man hoeing ground that is dry and cracked.

Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?

Blog, 24 June 2022

A man is surrounded by cattle on a dusty trail.

Mitigating farmer-herder conflict

Archived Project

Aerial view of an arid landscape. A group of people walk.

IIED at 50: be prepared to engage with young activists

Article, 29 November 2021

A man and a horse plough a dry-looking field.

Drylands and climate-resilient development – valuing climatic variability

Event on 29 September 2021