Drylands, seen from the outside world, fall in the imaginary of the remote, the deserted, the
unproductive; a powerful imaginary rooted in romantic narratives, as well as in political and …

Conflict between farmers and livestock herders in Africa has received much attention in
recent years, with attendant concerns about increasing and intensifying levels of conflict …

Legal frameworks for communal land rights in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania are now
gaining momentum. Questions can be raised as to whether, how, and to what extent these …

Abstract Ghana's Land Administration Project (LAP), initiated in 2003, aimed to enhance
certainty regarding land rights. What has been achieved since then? We explore …

Customary pastoral tenure and governance systems are relatively broad sets of institutions
characterized by principles of collectivity, flexibility, adaptability, and multiple uses by …

Pastoralist communities in Kenya, such as the Maasai, Samburu, Turkana and Borana,
predominantly inhabit the arid and semi-arid regions of the country. These communities …

Rural land plans (RLP) and the systematic cluster approach (SCA) are the two main
approaches used in Benin to secure rural land tenure. However, the contributions of these …

This study is based on three months of fieldwork among the Debne and Weima Afar clans in
Amibara woreda (district), Afar National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia, which was …

There is increasing recognition of the mental health and psychosocial impacts of climate
change. Relatively less attention is paid to the psychosocial dimensions of climate …

The Fulbe Development and Cultural Organization (FUDECO), in collaboration with SPARC,
is seeking to improve understanding of the challenges deemed most critical by interviewees …