Rangelands

ILRI News on rangelands

02 Apr 2019

International Land Coalition Rangelands Initiative launches website

A screenshot of the International Land Coalition Rangelands Initiative website (photo credit: ILRI/Sarah Kasyoka). The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is pleased to announce the launch of the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative website . As the coordinator of...

ILRI News

29 Mar 2019

Sarah Kasyoka

Momentum builds at UNEA for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) worked with a host of private and public organizations advocating for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists at the fourth biennial United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), held 11-15 March in Nairobi this year. The assembly...

ILRI News

17 Mar 2019

Susan MacMillan

The many gifts of livestock—A view from Kenya

Andrew Tuimur, chief administrative secretary at the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation and a member of the ILRI Board of Trustees (photo credit: ILRI). The following remarks, published last week by Devex during the fourth meeting of the United Nations Environment...

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Publications on rangelands

Journal Article

Published2018

On-farm description and status of Nuer (Abigar) cattle breed in Gambella Regional State, Ethiopia

Journal Article

Published2018

The influence of protection from grazing on Cholistan desert vegetation, Pakistan

Journal Article

Published2018

Enhancing soil organic carbon, particulate organic carbon and microbial biomass in semi-arid rangeland using pasture enclosures.

Report

Published2018

Kenya Accelerated Value Chain Development Program (AVCD)—livestock component: Policy dialogue: Accelerating county spatial planning in rangelands

Book Chapter

Published2018

Extensive (pastoralist) cattle contributions to food and nutrition security

Journal Article

Published2018

Plant selection and performance of two cattle types and camels on semiarid rangelands in Kenya

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ILRI Projects on rangelands

Jan 2016Jan 2020

The Sustainable Rangeland Management Project

Between 2010 and 2015, the Sustainable Rangeland Management Project (SRMP) assisted nine villages to carry out VLUP, and successfully piloted the implementation of joint village planning across three of these, leading to the protection through certification of a shared grazing area called OLENGAPA...

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...