Drylands and pastoralism

Policy and planning

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Misconceptions on drylands and pastoralism

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Farmer and animals walking through a drylands area in Chad

Countering desertification and defusing climate wars: why myths matter

Insight, 18 December 2024

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Pastoralism and pastoral policy in Ethiopia

Publication, 01 April 2015

A man is surrounded by cattle on a dusty trail.

Mitigating farmer-herder conflict

Archived Project

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

Drylands and climate-resilient development – valuing climatic variability

Event on 29 September 2021

People and cattle in an arid landscape

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

Active Project

Cattle herds settle on village fields.

The Sahelian Great Green Wall: start with local solutions

Insight, 04 February 2021

A herd of goats.

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

Insight, 10 November 2020

Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)

Archived Project

A pastoralist with camels in Niger. Pastoralists use resources flexibly and adapt to climate variability more easily than many other groups. State policies that favour settled agriculture are more of a challenge (Photo: Stephen Andersen/IIED)

Does climate change cause conflicts in the Sahel?

Insight, 13 September 2016

Pastoralists pull water from a well near Denan in the Somali Region of Ethiopia for their camels. (Photo: Andrew Heavens, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Pastoralism and policy training: addressing misconceptions and informing dialogue

Active Project

A male shepherdwith a stick leads dozens of sheep winding behind him on a dusty trail

Valuing variability

Article

WoDaaBe pastoralist with his cattle.

Pastoral livelihoods and climate change in Niger

Archived Project

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Climate change adaptation

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