CGIAR Systemwide Program on
Collective Action and Property Rights
Contributing Institutions: CAPRi, ICARDA, ILRI, INRAT, IRESA, OEP
Short report
Much of the degradation of rangelands in dry areas has arisen from inappropriate land use policies that ignore the impact of environmental risk. Increasingly, various types of tenure and institutional reform are accounting for risk factors and offering improved prospects for people who depend on rangeland resources.
The International Conference on Policy and Institutional Options for the Management of Rangelands in Dry Areas , held in Hammamet, Tunisia on May 6-11, sought to contribute to the development of strategies for sustainable rangeland production that might improve thelivelihood of pastoral communities. The workshop convened policy makers and researchers to explore issues concerning property rights, collective action, and the management of rangelands in dry areas in African and West Asian countries. The program included presentations of sponsored research output (which involved policy makers as discussants), a field trip, and working groups.
The executive summary of the conference was released as CAPRi Working Paper No. 23. The single papers are still in draft format.
Options de Gestion des Parcours et Strategies Individuelles et Communautaires des Agropasteurs du Centre et du Sud Tunisien. Mohamed Elloumi, Nouredine Nasr, Salah Selmi, Salah Chouki, Frej Chemak, Nasr Raggad, Ali Nefzaoui et Tidiane Ngaido.
Institutional Options and Pastoral Communities in Morocco. Ahmed Herzenni, Abdelali Laamari, Mohamed Boughlala and Tidiane Ngaido.
Community and Household-Level Impacts of Institutional Options for Managing and Improving Rangeland in the Low Rainfall Areas of Jordan. Laith Roussan, Faisal Awawdeh, Emad Karableh, Samia Akroush, Khaleal Abu Soui, Nadira Al-Jouhari, Enass Ghraibeh and Tidiane Ngaido.
Rangeland Management Options and Sheep Feeding Strategies in Syria. Tidiane Ngaido, Farouk Shomo and Georges Arab.
The Effect of Environmental Variability on Livestock and Land-Use Management: The Borana Plateau, Southern Ethiopia. Abdul Kamara, Nancy McCarthy and Michael Kirk.
Strategies for Institutional Options for Rangeland Management in the NENA Region: IFAD Experience. Tahar Telahique.
Assessments of Landscape Level Degradation in Southern Ethiopia: Pastoralists vs. Ecologists. Gufu Oba and Dido G. Kotile.
Climatic Variability and Cooperation in Rangeland Management: A Case Study from Niger. Nancy McCarthy and Jean-Paul Vanderlinden. CAPRi Working Paper 24. Washington DC: IFPRI. 2002.
Rangelands Management Policy in Uganda. Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa.