- Resources
- IYRP Key Messages July 2026
- IYRP Key Messages July 2026 Narration
- Tweets on Services and Infrastructure for Pastoralists
- Carbon Monitoring in Rangelands
- Pastures for Life (multiple resources: fact sheets, glossaries, recordings & more)
- Ranch Training by The National Bison Association in the United States
Herder training is being offered in many countries, for example
Southern African Wildlife College “Herding for Health Initiative” = https://wildlifecollege.org.za/our-departments/
Swiss Canton of Valais = https://wilderness-society.org/setting-an-example-in-modern-shepherd-training/
- Weather and climate information services for pastoralists.
- Documents from Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)
- Agol, D. (2025) Does resilience-building last when projects end? Retrospectivelessons from projects to support pastoralists in Turkana, Kenya. Technicalreport. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/TDEG8680).
- This report examines the longer-term impact of development interventions on resilience inTurkana, Kenya, six years after the project ended.
- Balfour, N., Wachira, J., Taye, M. and Levine, S. (2025) Do new permanentwater supplies in the drylands help build resilience? The impacts of newboreholes on coping with drought in Ethiopia and Kenya. Technical report. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/UQJM3428).
- New permanent water supplies are regularly assumed to bring resilience to people living indrylands, but SPARC research shows that the picture is much more complicated. This report looks at how water projects should be developed so they build resilience instead of exacerbating conflict, disturbing livestock systems, marginalising communities, enablingcorruption and asset grabbing, or failing to provide safe drinking water.
- Balfour, N., Wachira, J., Taye, M., et al. (2025) The inconvenient truths of waterdevelopment in the drylands of the Horn of Africa. Policy brief. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/OPGY6938).
- This policy brief examines the risks and impacts of permanent water supplies in thedrylands of Ethiopia and Kenya, finding that poorly planned investments can disruptgrazing, settlement and resource access if not grounded in evidence.
- Agol, D. (2025) Does resilience-building last when projects end? Retrospectivelessons from projects to support pastoralists in Turkana, Kenya. Technicalreport. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/TDEG8680).
- Webinars
- Videos
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