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

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People and cattle in an arid landscape

MOOC on ‘pastoralism in development’: an online learning journey

Began January 2021

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

IIED at 50: be prepared to engage with young activists

29 November 2021

Cattle herds settle on village fields.

The Sahelian Great Green Wall: start with local solutions

Camilla Toulmin and Ian Scoones
04 February 2021

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

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

IIED at 50: be prepared to engage with young activists

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

Lots of people park their motorbikes to gather

Q&A: How COVID-19 is impacting rural Africans in the Sahel

26 May 2021

People and cattle in an arid landscape

MOOC on ‘pastoralism in development’: an online learning journey

Began January 2021

Remembering Adam Thiam

Ced Hesse
23 March 2021

Cattle herds settle on village fields.

The Sahelian Great Green Wall: start with local solutions

Camilla Toulmin and Ian Scoones
04 February 2021

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 researching the benefits and challenges of getting development and climate finance flowing to the local level

Publications

View more Drylands and pastoralism publications

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Pastoralism in Uganda: theory, practice and policy

20906g.pdf

Pastoralism and pastoral policy in Ethiopia

17763IIED.pdf

How have decentralised natural resource management institutions evolved over 20 years? Summary of findings from Mali, Niger, Sudan and Ethiopia

10208IIED.pdf

Farmer-herder conflict in sub-Saharan Africa?

7315IIED.pdf

Assessment of Desertification and Land Degradation in Arid and Semi-arid Areas, An

7279IIED.pdf

Decentralising Common Property Resources Management: A case study of the Nyaminyami District Council of Zimbabwe's Wildlife Management Programme

7270IIED.pdf

Drought Management: The farmers' strategies and their policy implications

7408IIED.pdf

Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Siaya District, Kenya

9183IIED.pdf

Land Tenure and Rural Development in Burkina Faso: Issues and strategies

12526IIED.pdf

Land and Water Rights in the Sahel: Tenure challenges of improving access to water for agriculture

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

Lots of people park their motorbikes to gather

Q&A: How COVID-19 is impacting rural Africans in the Sahel

Article, 26 May 2021

People and cattle in an arid landscape

MOOC on ‘pastoralism in development’: an online learning journey

Active Project

Remembering Adam Thiam

Blog, 23 March 2021

Cattle herds settle on village fields.

The Sahelian Great Green Wall: start with local solutions

Blog, 04 February 2021

Fledgling mangroves with a woman on the right of the image

Devolved Climate Finance (DCF) Alliance

Article, 28 January 2021

A woman hands protective equipment to another woman.

Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice

Article, 11 December 2020