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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Decentralising Climate Funds

Climate finance

Crops and cattle

Climate change and conflict - reframing the debate

Began April 2022

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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

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Pastoralism in Uganda

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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?

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

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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

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Devolved Climate Finance (DCF) Alliance

Article, 28 January 2021

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Engaging pastoralist communities through citizen movements to amplify their voice

Article, 11 December 2020

A herd of goats.

Farmer-herder conflict: open your eyes, change the narrative, find solutions

Blog, 10 November 2020

A woman farmer holds a phone to her ear in a green field.

Q&A: Using digital technology to engage citizens in climate action

Article, 15 October 2020

New perspectives on climate-resilient drylands development

Project

Remembering Mary Tiffen, a drylands pioneer

Article, 01 June 2020