Project Background

Drylands cover 40 % of the global land area, host 2 billion people, and support approximately 50% of the world’s livestock population. In the drylands of East Africa, pastoral and agropastoral livelihoods are prominent.

This project will investigate the links between land health, livestock-based livelihoods, human well-being, and land management and governance. It will contribute with new knowledge for transformative change and sustainable development of rangelands in the border region between Kenya and Uganda.

Project objectives

1. Assess land health at the landscape scale and explore the links with human health and wellbeing.
2. Co-develop sustainable rangeland restoration and management options
3. with local communities in knowledge sharing hubs (‘livestock cafés’).
4. Understand the resilience of communities to seasonality and climate variability, and how livelihood strategies contribute to food security and human wellbeing in the face of environmental hazards.
5. Identify innovative land governance mechanisms and practices that effectively address livestock keepers’ dependence on both flexible and secure rights to land.
6. Co-design and evaluate alternative scenarios for sustainable dryland
7. transformation in East Africa with stakeholders at local to national scales.

Project Website - https://www.slu.se/en/collaboration/international/slu-global/triple-l/projects/drylands-transform/