Climate change, conflict, and policies are straining the livelihoods and adaptive capacity of pastoralists. Recurrent shocks contribute to increased food insecurity and famine in pastoral areas. This desk study aims to bridge pastoralist knowledge, local practices, and external interventions by synthesizing literature on pastoral knowledge and practices from the Greater Horn of Africa, Sudano-Sahel regions, and beyond.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Autores individuales,
Topic: Servicios ambientales, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Central, África Oriental
Over the past three decades, however, countries like Kenya and Ethiopia have decentralized government functions to local-level structures, generating a governance system that better represents pastoralists’ needs and priorities. This desk study explores the extent to which state-owned policies and programs are able to deliver effective emergency responses and overcome humanitarian and development silos, while incorporating pastoral needs, priorities, and strategies.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Autores individuales,
Topic: Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Central, África Oriental
In anticipation of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in 2026, this report serves as a catalyst for global awareness and action. It analyses numerous case studies and good practices from around the world, drawing on the experience and lessons learned, and advocates for a new paradigm to inspire governments, donors, and other stakeholders to prioritise rangeland health in cooperation with local communities.
Year of publication: 2024Organization:
Topic: Cambio climático, Economía, Servicios ambientales, Tierra, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: Global
This executive summary provides a synthesis of the key messages contained in the full report. In anticipation of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in 2026, this report serves as a catalyst for global awareness and action. It analyses numerous case studies and good practices from around the world, drawing on the experience and lessons learned, and advocates for a new paradigm to inspire governments, donors, and other stakeholders to prioritize rangeland health in cooperation with local communities.
Year of publication: 2024Organization:
Topic: Cambio climático, Economía, Servicios ambientales, Tierra, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: Global
Agroecological approaches and practices have positive impacts on the sustainability, resilience and diversification of agriculture and therefore represent an important concept in the transformation of agricultural and food systems. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ supports its partners in developing and implementing concepts and strategies that improve the resilience, equity and sustainability of agricultural and food systems. This position paper reflects GIZ's position on the principles of agroecology.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Sociedad Alemana de Cooperación Internacional (GIZ)
Topic: Servicios ambientales, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: Global
Dynamic Drylands is SPARC's podcast mini-series which explores new ways of thinking about aid, development and resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Autores individuales
Topic: Tierra, Participación, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Videos
Geographical coverage: Cercano Oriente, Norte de África, África Occidental, África Central, África Oriental, África Meridional
Pastoralists have been traversing these territories since long before formal borders came into existence, but their way of life and modes of self-governance have become inextricably entwined with contemporary border phenomena. Transhumance and pastoral mobility cut across political boundaries, jurisdictions and authorities, and though they usually do so with a high degree of cooperative engagement between local communities, they can also encounter and become enmeshed in different manifestations of borderland violence – from criminality to human rights violations, armed insurgency and inter-community fighting. This research worked with communities and local research partners to learn about how violence works in some of the key borderlands.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Autores individuales
Topic: Conflicto, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Oriental
This primer on pastoralism in Africa provides basic information on the core aspects of pastoralism as a livelihood and production system. Section 1 of the primer describes the ecological reasoning behind pastoralism in Africa, its productive efficiency, and its contribution to national economies. Section 2 describes the challenges facing African pastoralism, and the implications of trends such as livestock commercialization and declining access to rangeland.
Year of publication: 2024Organization: Autores individuales, Instituto Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (IIED),
Topic: Cambio climático, Conflicto, Tierra
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Occidental, África Central, África Oriental