Misconceptions on drylands and pastoralism

8 entries

20906g.pdf

Pastoralism and pastoral policy in Ethiopia

01 April 2015

A man is surrounded by cattle on a dusty trail.

Mitigating farmer-herder conflict

April 2017 - March 2019

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

Began January 2021

Cattle herds settle on village fields.

The Sahelian Great Green Wall: start with local solutions

Camilla Toulmin and Ian Scoones
04 February 2021

A herd of goats.

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

Camilla Toulmin and Saverio Krätli
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)

October 2017 - March 2022

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?

Tor Benjaminsen
13 September 2016

20906g.pdf

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, 17 December 2012