Further Reading

• Enhanced Livelihoods in the Mandera Triangle a major donor/NGO consortium on pastoralist livelihoods in the Ethiopia/Kenya/Somali borders
• SOS Sahel International UK publishes a booklet on ' scenario planning' as a way to help pastoralists in Africa manage uncertainty and change. See: Planning with Uncertainty: Using Scenario Planning with African Pastoralists
• Drynet - an EU-funded global initiative to combat land degradation.
• Drylands Research - an informal research consortium on semi-arid areas.
• Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA) - an international NGO led and inspired by Africans to reduce poverty among the pastoralists in the Horn of Africa.
• Pastoral Communications Initiative (PCI) - connects pastoralists in the Horn with pastoralists all over the world and promotes productive conversation between pastoralists, governments and others.
• Pastoralist Integrated Support Programme (PISP) - an intermediary, local Non-Governmental Organization based in the Marsabit District of northern Kenya.
• UNDP Drylands Development Centre, Nairobi - specializes in assisting countries to fight poverty and encourage development in the drier parts of the world.
• World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism (WISP at IUCN) - a global advocacy and capacity building network that promotes sustainable pastoral development for both poverty reduction and environmental management.
• Growing Demand for Livestock: The February 2008 issue of id21 Insights discusses the growth in demand for livestock as the global appetite for meat and dairy products increases, and assesses whether key policy and institutional changes will benefit poor farmers. FAC-member Ian Scoones contributes an article on the future viability of pastoralism in the Horn of Africa.