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With 196 million people, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country. Around 10 per cent of its people are between 15 and 19. Agriculture is a foundation of the country’s economy, contributing to about 21 per cent of GDP, and with just over one-third of working people in the country employed in agriculture. Livestock production, largely managed by pastoral communities in Nigeria’s semi-arid areas, is an important part of Nigeria’s economy, with around 13 million families owning livestock.

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Toolkit

Using interviews with more than 1,200 pastoralists, this guide will help journalists make their reporting on pastoralism more nuanced and accurate.
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Journal article

Using the evaluation of participatory action research (PAR) using non-traditional methods, this article proposes that the method used would also be valuable in evaluating PAR methods in other cases.
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SPARC partner publication

This study aims to deepen the understanding of land tenure in areas where farmers and pastoralists interact, to help document the root causes of conflicts between farmers and herders.
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Technical report

This report provides new data about the current and potential future losses and damages from climate-attributable weather events in the Sahel and Horn of Africa, with a specific focus on the agriculture and livestock sectors.

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Blog

SPARC's new episode of Dynamic Drylands podcast speaks with the women and NGO involved in a new programme, which is training Fulani pastoralist women to conduct research in their own communities.
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Blog

At this year's LANDac Land Conference, SPARC shared evidence from pastoralists in Sudan, South Sudan and Nigeria on how land governance in drylands can create sustainable, gender-inclusive change.
The people of Ta Kuti village, Niger State, Nigeria, are pastoralists and beneficiaries of Nigeria's Fadama II project. Credit: Arne Hoel/World Bank
News

A new Ministry of Livestock has been hailed as a key step in addressing worsening farmer-herder conflicts. The reality is more complicated.

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