drylands

ILRI News on drylands

27 Sep 2022

Harnessing the digital connectivity of pastoralists to close data gaps

Pastoralist communities in northern Kenya are among the most neglected people in the country, suffering the highest levels of food insecurity and poverty. This is partly because the nomadic herding of livestock was until recently considered an outdated and unproductive way of life. But equally...

Charlie Pye-Smith

ILRI News

19 Mar 2022

Celebrating the world’s enduring, resilient, nature-friendly and productive rangelands and livestock herders

The United Nations Declare 2026 the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists Having a moment are millions of livestock herders worldwide and the many more people who appreciate these custodians of the world’s vast and stunning rangelands—the grasslands and savannas, the prairies and...

Susan MacMillanILRI Emeritus Fellow

ILRI News

28 Oct 2021

Ruminant livestock production systems and imperatives for sustainable development

Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), this week gave a keynote presentation at the International Grasslands and International Rangelands Virtual Congress. Smith began, as almost all livestock related talks now begin, by reminding his grasslands/...

Jimmy SmithDirector general

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ILRI Projects on drylands

Jul 2021Jun 2023

Local governance of natural resources for community stabilization in Central Mali (Kedo Diren)

Mali's Mopti region is endowed with immense water and land resources generating for livelihoods for millions of families. The availability of these resources made the region an ideal environment for a thriving ruminant livestock farming. However, the region has recently been the scene of violent...

Mar 2019Apr 2032

One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL)

The project brings together professionals in human and animal health and the environment to achieve better access to human and veterinary health services and sustainable natural resources management. To implement One Health , the project works with communities, public and private service providers...

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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