Dynamic Drylands | Episode 2: Untangling land tenure and conflict in the drylands

The drylands of Africa and the Middle East are home to millions of nomadic pastoralists, who make a living from livestock that move between water sources and seasonal grazing areas. It’s a way of life that has not just survived but thrived for thousands of years.
But pastoralists’ access to land and natural resources is changing - and increasingly coming into contact with other people and new plans for drylands development. In this episode of Dynamic Drylands, Bola explores how pastoralists use and access land and natural resources, and how to resolve the knotty issue of farmer-herder conflicts.
Dynamic Drylands is a podcast which explores new ways of thinking about aid, development and resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East. It is produced by Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC), a six-year research programme managed by Cowater, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Mercy Corps and ODI and commissioned by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Podcast Production by Loftus Media.
For show notes, visit www.sparc-knowledge.org/dynamic-drylands-podcast or find us on X (@SPARC_ideas).
Contributors: Fiona Flintan, Sarli Sardou Nana, Emmanuel Seck.
Host: Bola Mosuro.
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