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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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A woman tending to her sheep: one of the new livelihood activities adopted by farming households in Yobe State, Nigeria. Credit: Bilkisu A. Jamo / BOOX Community Ltd
Policy brief

This policy brief explores how communities use the creative recombination of available resources, skills, and relationships – or bricolage – to respond to shocks and cope with uncertainty.
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Policy brief

This brief aims to understand the root causes and impacts of farmer–herder conflicts through a food production system and political economy lens.
Livestock migration in Ganawuri, Plateau State, Nigeria. Credit: Elphas Ngugi/SPARC
Book

This special issue of Disasters journal features work from SPARC authors covering a range of core countries and themes.
A woman herder behind her cattle
Policy brief

The brief draws upon interviews and participatory workshops to provide practical recommendations on how to implement GTAs in pastoral areas.

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Blog

SPARC's new episode of Dynamic Drylands 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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