Availability and Distribution of Different Rangeland Products

Introduction

Rangeland ecosystems within the IGAD region play a crucial role in food and nutrition security of pastoral communities and also supports diverse livelihood activities. Besides grazing and water resources on which range livestock production is based, these ecosystems make available products and services that enable communities to diversify their livelihoods. This has been a long-standing strategy of communities in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) so as to meet their
households’ nutritional needs, improve their wellbeing and manage other risks. Livelihood diversification in the IGAD ASALs regions is
becoming increasingly important as livestock population decline and communities face new challenges such as climate change, ecosystem
degradation, population pressure and new forms of conflict. Cross-border communities are particularly vulnerable to such resource-based conflict. They therefore need special attention