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Securing Pastoralism in East and West Africa: Protecting and Promoting Livestock Mobility
… increase understanding about the importance of livestock mobility in drylands. In so doing it has laid the foundations for a longer-term … Drylands and pastoralism … Securing Pastoralism in East and West Africa: Protecting and Promoting Livestock …
Publication, 01 January 2008
A pastoralist dwelling in Niger. Rural communities have learned to exploit the variability of dryland environments (Photo: IIED)
The end of desertification?
… land degradation and drought, and promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands (PDF) . But all this work poses a problem. … the scientific justification for international attempts to manage drylands by combating desertification.  The original image of … the practical and political dysfunction that results from approaching drylands as primarily an environmental problem. Drylands cover about 40 …
Insight, 29 September 2016
A male shepherdwith a stick leads dozens of sheep winding behind him on a dusty trail
Valuing variability
… an asset to maximise productivity. But perceiving it as a hindrance, drylands policy has long worked against – rather than with – … in the first place. A failed approach Today’s problems in the drylands are not all due to erratic and variable rainfall. Many are the … drylands. A sustainable system Scientific evidence demonstrates that pastoralism is an ecologically efficient, sustainable system that …
Article, 17 December 2012
Aerial view of an arid landscape. A group of people walk.
IIED at 50: be prepared to engage with young activists
… in West Africa. During the 1990s they collaborated on IIED’s drylands programme, establishing participatory development initiatives … find ways to provide livelihoods and incomes for rural populations in drylands areas. Instead of top-down approaches, which had been tried and … Is that your assessment? BG: Yes, that was part of it. I think IIED’s drylands programme was able to explore drylands as very complex systems. …
Article, 29 November 2021
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Farmer-herder conflict in sub-Saharan Africa?
… in the light of known issues with long-standing attitudes towards pastoralism and mobile populations. Looking at the data available, we … Drylands and pastoralism …
Publication, 01 October 2020
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Reinforcement of Pastoral Civil Society in East Africa
Publication, 01 December 2005
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Farmer-herder conflict in Africa: rethinking the phenomenon?
… nor surveys of armed violence actually support this simplification. Pastoralism is seen as disruptive and backward, fighting an unwinnable … Drylands and pastoralism …
Publication, 01 June 2020
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Economic contribution of the pastoral meat trade in Isiolo Town, Kenya
… Drylands and pastoralism …
Publication, 01 April 2015
While one of the objectives of the 2014 World Day to Combat Desertification is to strengthen the visibility of the drylands on the international environmental agenda, much more is needed (Photo: Marie Monimart)
Celebrating the drylands
… and environments. But none stays with me more powerfully than the drylands. I count myself lucky that my first journey to Africa took me … of how pastoralists and farmers manage natural resources in the drylands [PDF] , often building on centuries of understanding of … documented the frequent and profound political marginalisation of drylands people – particularly pastoralists – from mainstream politics …
Insight, 17 June 2014
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Who Should Own the Range? New thinking on pastoral resource tenure in Drylands Africa
… Drylands and pastoralism … Who Should Own the Range? New thinking on pastoral resource tenure in Drylands Africa …
Publication, 01 January 1994