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ILRI News on drylands

18 Nov 2019

New York Global Landscapes Forum ‘Restore the Earth’ 2019

This blog was initially published on the International Land Coalition website by Fiona Flintan. The Rangelands Initiative of the International Land Coalition (ILC) is drawing attention to rangelands and drylands at the highest levels, in order to find solutions to the challenges faced by local...

Sustainable livestock systems

18 Nov 2019

Judy Kimani

ILRI and FANRPAN test nutrition data collection in rural communities using pictography

This blog was written by Vincent Alulu and edited by Paul Karaimu and Judy Kimani. Have you heard that one must be literate to use the many data collection tools and applications that exist today? That the end user must be at least semi-literate to use such applications to monitor nutrition, and...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

23 Oct 2019

Mireille Ferrari

A new comprehensive rangeland management tool for dryland areas can help promote sustainable land use

Drylands, such as this one in southern Tunisia, are tough terrains with little rainfall, yet people and animals have always inhabited and depended upon them. Photo M. Louhaichi/ICARDA Written by Judy Kimani and Mounir Louhaichi What is often under-appreciated and at times not recognized is that...

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Publications on drylands

Journal Article

Published2019

Emerging research practice for impact in the CGIAR: The case of Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI)

Manual

Published2018

Participatory rangeland management toolkit for Kenya

Manual

Published2018

Participatory rangeland management toolkit for Kenya, Tool G-1: The Four Legs of Participatory Rangeland Management.

Manual

Published2018

Participatory rangeland management toolkit for Kenya, Tool G-2: Steps in participatory rangeland management.

Manual

Published2018

Participatory rangeland management toolkit for Kenya, Tool 1-1: Guiding principles for community rangeland governance. .

Manual

Published2018

Participatory rangeland management toolkit for Kenya, Tool G-3: Scanning and appraisal for planning interventions in a new community.

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ILRI Projects on drylands

International Land Coalition Rangelands Initiative: Making rangelands secure

Making rangelands secure Established in 2010, the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative facilitates learning between, and provides technical support to government and other actors working to make rangelands more tenure secure. Coordinated and supported globally by the...

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Enhanced community resilience to drought through innovative market based systems approaches

Project goal The overall goal of the project is to improve pastoral livelihoods through sustainable market systems. The project aims to promote pastoral livelihoods diversification, facilitate robust markets for livestock and livestock products and enhance consolidation of knowledge base to enhance...

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Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought in the Horn of Africa

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