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The Maasai believe that community-managed slaughterhouses can help fight climate change. Here, effluent is stored in ponds (Photo: Hannah Reid/IIED)
Slaughterhouse five
… as the slaughterhouse will cope with climate change themselves. Will pastoralism still be a viable future livelihood option in the Maasai … out of siloes and adopt more integrated approaches to planning and policy making above the community level need strengthening.  Hannah Reid …
Insight, 29 April 2015
Sélingué dam in Mali (Photo: Moustapha Diallo)
Doing dams differently can mean development for all
… this plays out as strategic choices, where more irrigation means less pastoralism, or more intensive, large-scale irrigated agribusiness ousts … Management and Peacebuilding: Connecting the Local to International Policy and Walking the Talk: In the Footsteps of Local Integrated Water …
Insight, 30 August 2013
Sustaining the Soil: Indigenous soil and water conservation in Africa
… farmers' perceptions of conservation needs; and the institutional and policy settings most favourable to more effective land husbandry. For … Drylands and pastoralism …
Publication, 01 January 1996
Pastoralists in Isiolo County mapping community resources, such as water sources and good grazing areas. This pilot project developed a mechanism that allows local people to identify investments that can build their resilience to climate change. (Photo: James Pattison/IIED)
Award win highlights collaboration for Kenya climate resilience
News, 15 April 2015
Rural communities in Kenya are increasingly being affected by climate change, limiting opportunities for development. (Photo: Robin Wyatt)
Development and Climate Days 2018
… of climate risk insurance – has been gaining attention in climate policy discussions. But accessibility and affordability for poor and …
Event, 08 December 2018
A question of time
… Drylands and pastoralism …
Insight, 25 November 2010
Cover for G00225.pdf
Changes in "customary" land tenure systems in Africa
… (some degree of) protection for local land rights. This shift in policy thinking raises the need better to understand what is happening … Drylands and pastoralism …
Publication, 01 March 2007
Cover for G00258.pdf
Can research help bridge the gap between local rules and national legal frameworks? The case of local conventions for natural resource management in the Sahel Lorenzo Cotula
… body of literature has explored the linkages between research and policy processes - particularly how the former can feed into the latter. As a result, earlier assumptions about "benevolent" policy makers waiting for research findings and ensuing policy recommendations to orient their strategic choices have given way …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Cover for 9278IIED.pdf
'S'approprier de l'avenir': La création d'institutions pastorales dans le Nord du Kenya
… agro-industrial firms, West Africa’s farms are primarily family run. Policy debate shows a tendency to contrast commercially orientated forms … Drylands and pastoralism …
Publication, 01 January 2003
Sheep grazing dry season pastures in Mopti, Mali (Photo: Near East Foundation)
Decentralising Climate Funds in Mali and Senegal
… and cost-effective manner. They are consistent with public finance policy, complementary to local governments' existing budgets and capable … Drylands and pastoralism …
Project, 19 March 2015