Sustainable Natural Resources Management for Enhanced Pastoralist Food Security in the Borana Zone, Ethiopia

General

Ethiopia’s pastoralist areas, which cover 60% of the country’s land mass, are prone to recurrent drought, natural resources-based conflicts, and extensive land degradation (e.g. bush encroachment). This project aims at improving the food security and resilience of (agro-) pastoralist[1] communities in the Borana Zone through sustainable and context–specific natural resources management practices, along with enhanced income diversification schemes. [1] For the sake of simplicity, pastoralists and agro-pastoralist will be referred to as “pastoralists” hereafter.