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Africa: Walking With the Herd - Why Africa Must Rethink Its Oldest Economy
Speakers said pastoral systems support biodiversity and food security, yet governments still invest far less in them than in crop agriculture and industry.
Analysis - When pastoralists, researchers, policymakers and development practitioners gathered in Marsabit this year to mark the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP-2026), the conversations went far beyond livestock, drought or humanitarian aid. Convened by the Centre for Research and Development in Drylands (CRDD), the dialogue challenged a deeply rooted assumption that has shaped development policy for decades: that pastora…