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ILRI News on rangelands

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

ILRI’s Jimmy Smith on bringing science-based nuance and clarity to today’s polarized livestock debates

In the face of increasingly polarized discourse about the place of livestock in sustainable food systems, Jimmy Smith , director general of the CGIAR 's International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), delivered a keynote presentation at this year’s TropAg conference in Brisbane (31 Oct–2 Nov...

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

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Publications on rangelands

Working Paper

Published2022

Participatory Rangeland Management: Understanding women’s engagement and implications for social change

Book Chapter

Published2015

Economics of animal genetic resources use and conservation

Book Chapter

Published2015

Building resilience: Improving water productivity in crop-livestock systems of drought-prone regions

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Book Chapter

Published2015

Building resilience: Improving livestock water productivity: Lessons from the Nile River basin

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Book Chapter

Published2008

Fragmentation of a peri-urban savanna, Athi-Kaputiei plains, Kenya

Book Chapter

Published2008

North-West Province, South Africa: Communal and commercial livestock systems in transition

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ILRI Projects on rangelands

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...

Jan 2021Dec 2023

Inclusive red meat value chains for women and youth in Eastern and Southern Africa (K'LUSA)

Most rural households in Zimbabwe and Malawi depend on smallholder agriculture and livestock husbandry to meet food and nutritional security goals and improve their livelihoods. However, due to the low level of public and private investment in the livestock sector, livestock-keeping households...

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...