Pastoralism
- Land and decentralisation in Senegal
- J. Faye / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2008
- Land and decentralisation policies in Senegal have been closely linked since the country became independent in 1960. Although local governments manage public lands and participate in the management of...
- Emergent or illusory? community wildlife management in Tanzania
- F. Nelson / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2007
- As the country known around the world as the home of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, few natural resources are more closely associated with Tanzania than its wildlife populations. By the 1980s...
- The long dry season: crop-livestock linkages in Southern Mali
- J. Ramisch / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2000
- This article discusses agro-pastoralist exchanges in Mali. This has increase following the Sahelian droughts of the 1970s and 1980s, in which pastoralists have moved southwards with their herds, into ...
- Concept note. Reinforcement of pastoral civil society in East Africa: a programme of capacity building and participatory action-research
- C. Hesse; M. Ochieng Odhiambo / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2001
- This concept note explores initiatives aiming at supporting pastoral civil society in East Africa.The goals of the initiative include:create conditions such that pastoral groups can play a ...
- Who's managing the commons: inclusive mangement for a sustainable future
- C. Hesse; P. Trench / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2000
- This article discusses what is the best means of managing the commons. The article stresses that these are critical questions in the current wave of decentralisation and tenure reform taking place in ...
- From conflict to consensus: towards joint management of natural resources by pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the zone of Kishi Beiga, Burkina Faso
- M. Banzhaf; B. Drabo; H. Grell / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2000
- This article explores the breakdown of complementarity between agriculture and livestock in the Kishi Beiga area in the north of Burkina Faso. The article suggests that the the two systems now compete...
- Pastoralism: drylands’ invisible asset?
- C. Hesse; J. MacGregor / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2006
- This paper analyses the issues surrounding the under-valuation of pastoral livelihoods as governments plan to replace pastoral grazing land with other land uses. It analyses the direct and indirect b...
- Landless women, hopeless women? Gender, land and decentralisation in Niger
- M. Diarra; M. Monimart / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2006
- This paper is a summary of a case study on gender, land and decentralisation. It addresses how women in rural areas of Niger deal with pressure on land within changing agricultural production systems....
- New stakeholders and the promotion of agro-silvo-pastoral activities in southern Burkina Faso: false start or inexperience?
- M. Ouédraogo / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2003
- This paper explores and evaluates the impact of a new form of large-scale agriculture which is becoming an increasing phenomenon in southern Burkina Faso. With severe ecological deterioration and food...
- Taking charge of the future: pastoral institution building in Northern Kenya
- I. Birch; H.A.O. Shuria / Drylands Programme, IIED, 2002
- This paper examines the Wajir Pastoral Development Project (WPDP) that addresses a wide range of issues affecting pastoral livelihoods, such as animal and human health care, water supply, conflict and...
