Resilience in Africa’s Drylands: Revisiting the Drought Cycle Management Model

Drought Cycle Management evolved in northwest Kenya in the mid-1980s and has been a robust and well-used approach for over 20 years. This AKLDP Technical Brief reviews the model and explains how it relates directly to recent thinking on drylands resilience. The current momentum around resilience is seen as an important opportunity to further institutionalize Drought Cycle Management…

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Mid-term evaluation of PRIME

The Pastoralists Resiliency Improvement and Market Expansion (PRIME) project is USAID’s main Feed The Future project in pastoralist areas of Ethiopia. AKLDP has recently completed a mid-term evaluation of the project and the report is now available. The PRIME project has results focusing on livestock production and market competitiveness, climate change adaptation, alternative livelihoods, knowledge management, and…

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