Strengthening Pastoralist Organizations’ Capacities in Data Collection and Information Management - GCP/GLO/779/IFA
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Between 200 and 500 million pastoralists manage rangelands that cover over a third of the earth’s land. They produce food where no crops grow, and rely on their mobility to adapt to climatic variability and mitigate risk. Yet, pastoralists are often misunderstood, marginalized and neglected from decisions that affect them. The lack of data on pastoralism poses challenges at various levels. Animal health and disease surveillance programmes are difficult to plan if pastoral migratory routes are not considered, or if the number of livestock is unknown. Social services adapted to pastoral mobility cannot be designed if governments do not exactly know how many pastoralists there are. Against this background, the project aimed to improve pastoralist communities’ capacities to collect, process and share information from their areas, in order to boost their ability to influence policy processes. It focused on three countries where pastoralism plays an important role: Argentina, Chad and Mongolia.