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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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A grup of men and women extract seeds from fruit and lay out the seeds on blankets on the ground.
Learning from decentralised climate finance in Senegal
Project, 02 September 2026
Four women seated in a line and wearing colourful traditional pastoralist clothing lean forward as part of an interview being conducted outside, with trees in the background.
Challenging social norms in the drylands of Uganda
… Drylands and pastoralism … Challenging social norms in the drylands of Uganda …
Article, 19 November 2025
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Global public policy narratives on the drylands and pastoralism
… by global climate change and food price spikes. The role given to drylands and pastoralism in these narratives shows little consistency, except for … positives. The increasing recognition that pastoralist systems in the drylands can work with environmental variability, rather than against … Drylands and pastoralism …
Publication, 01 April 2013
Community members during a meeting, sitting down, writing notes and discussing.
Why we need strong farmer organisations to achieve the world’s big environmental goals
… desertification and deforestation of land and ecosystems in drylands, through the sustainable management of forest and farms . As an … Drylands and pastoralism …
Insight, 01 September 2025
A seated woman talks animatedly to colleagues.
Remembering Nicole Kenton
… IIED in January 1991 and worked for the institute, mainly on its drylands programme, for over 22 years. An expert in participatory … most recently was the co-editor of a book on 'Social Protection, Pastoralism and Resilience in Ethiopia' . Below, a number of current and … now a senior associate: “Nicole joined IIED in 1991, to help run the drylands programme. This was created by Robin Sharpe and I in 1987 to …
Article, 15 February 2023
The Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme project logo.
Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme
… Drylands and pastoralism …
Project, 19 December 2022
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Arid waste? Reassessing the value of dryland pastoralism
Publication, 01 June 2009
Farmer and animals walking through a drylands area in Chad
Countering desertification and defusing climate wars: why myths matter
… that climate change is the cause of increased violent conflict in drylands. Both these narratives have been largely debunked  in the … Drylands and pastoralism …
Insight, 18 December 2024
The growing economic centre of Merti town on the Ewaso Ng’iro river, arid lands of Kenya (Photo: Caroline King-Okumu)
Drylands: volatile, vibrant and under-valued?
… Policymakers have historically undervalued drylands. As a result, they have either not invested in these areas or … reinforcing the preconceptions and misunderstandings surrounding drylands.   What IIED has done  At IIED, we set out to demonstrate that … chains they feed.   The lack of an appropriate model for valuing pastoralism and drylands was perpetuating misconceptions and the …
Project, 14 July 2016