© Petra Dilthey, ethno e-empowerment (eeem.org) 2017
In Chad, PRAPS-2, with support from the World Bank, is working to sustainably transform pastoral systems and improve the living conditions of beneficiaries. Access to veterinary care, natural resources, financing, markets, citizenship, and skills development is integrated into a comprehensive approach serving (agro)pastoral communities, livestock value chain actors, and national technical services. The achievements of PRAPS-2 in Chad illustrate the project's essential contribution to building resilient, inclusive, and productive pastoralism, at a time when the international community is celebrating the International Year of Pastoralists and Rangelands, as well as the International Year of Women Farmers.
Nomadic cattle herders in the Sahel depend on movement to survive. As drought deepens, pasture shrinks, water grows harder to reach, and long-used migration routes are overtaken by farms, this dryland livestock system comes under pressure from every side.
Tim Dirven for VSFB
Koen Mutton for VSFB
Tim Dirven for VSFB
