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ILRI News on drylands

07 Dec 2022

‘We are more alike than different’: Meet three youth pastoralist participants from the 2026 Vision for Pastoralist Youth consultation

With the United Nations’ declaration of 2026 as the Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists , the Livestock and Climate Initiative of the CGIAR is supporting a series of consultations in the coming years with pastoralist youth across the world. Youth can play a key role in strengthening and adapting...

Madison SpinelliPrinceton in Africa Fellow

ILRI News

14 Nov 2022

Looking into Pastoralism's Future: Youth lead the 2026 Vision for Pastoralist Youth Consultation

There was a buzz in the meeting hall at the University of Lukenya in Makueni County, about 5 hours’ drive south from Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. Twenty-eight young pastoralists of ages 18 to 35 from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania had gathered for three days in September 2022. Their mission was to...

Madison SpinelliPrinceton in Africa Fellow

ILRI News

14 Nov 2022

Pastoralist Robha Abekeri is at COP27 representing the voice of youth in charting pastoralism's future

In Ethiopia’s Afar region, where temperatures can reach up to 54 degrees Celsius at the peak of the hot season, pastoralism is the primary source of livelihood for the people there. They have adapted to the harsh climate and are extremely knowledgeable on the weather patterns, animal land capacity...

Madison SpinelliPrinceton in Africa Fellow

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Publications on drylands

Journal Article

Published2022

A shift from cattle to camel and goat farming can sustain milk production with lower inputs and emissions in north sub-Saharan Africa’s drylands

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...

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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