With my colleague and friend Monika Agarwal, I have just published a short article in the magazine Farming Matters on the pastoralist parliaments in Guajart, India.  In the article we write: In India, pastoralists...

I am very please to announce that a special issue of the journal Solutions showcasing a diversity of solutions for future food security has just been uploaded online. The diverse range of...

Last year I spoke at a workshop on gender and food security The summary has been posted: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/foodsecurity/newsandevents/pastevents/genderfs This workshop addressed the international gender dimensions of food security, focusing on women as producers...

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) are inviting case study submissions for presentation at a stakeholder meeting to be held on...

Looks like there is a new initiative to help collect data on pastoralists. Follow the Sheep is letting people sign up to walk with  shepherds for a few days. People interested...

IIED has produced some policy briefs highlighting the state of global and national (India, China and Kenya) policy narratives around pastoralism. Happy reading! Global public policy narratives on the drylands and pastoralism: http://pubs.iied.org/10040IIED.html?s=IIEDBRIEF Rainfed agriculture for...