drylands

ILRI News on drylands

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

ILRI News

09 Jul 2021

After 10 years in Kenya and Ethiopia, are we ready to scale up livestock insurance in the Horn of Africa?

Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) programs in East Africa have thus far had limited success. A new ILRI study finds that future initiatives should embrace a number of lessons learned if they wish to achieve scale and financial sustainability. It’s not a secret – for millions of people,...

Felix LungDisaster risk finance consultant

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Publications on drylands

Brief

Published2021

Better land-use decisions on the horizon with new Sustainable Rangeland Management toolkit

Report

Published2021

A review of tenure and governance in the pastoral lands of East and West Africa

Report

Published2022

The state of finance in the drylands: Formal and informal finance in Kenya, Mali and Somalia

Report

Published2021

A regional approach to drought index-insurance in Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) countries: Volume 3 - Technical feasibility assessment

Report

Published2021

A regional approach to drought index-insurance in Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) countries: Volume 2 - Intergovernmental Authority on Development country annexes

Brief

Published2021

Multi-purpose drought-tolerant cactus pear can provide livelihood opportunities for farmers and nutrition for people and livestock in dryland areas

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ILRI Projects on drylands

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...

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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