Here you will find details of SOS Sahel UK's published books from its programmes and research in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somaliland and Kenya. These are either available for download as PDFs from this site, or can be requested in hard copy from SOS Sahel UK. Some are available free of charge; for others we charge a small fee.
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Full Publications List
Recent Publications:
Modern and Mobile: The future of livestock production in Africa's drylands
[SOS Sahel UK & IIED, Editor Helen de Jode, 2009] is a book about the critical role mobile livestock keeping plays in the economic prosperity of Africa's drylands. Across East and West Africa, an estimated 50 million livestock producers support their families, their communities, and a massive meat, skins and hides industry based on animals that are fed solely on natural dryland pastures. Where other land use systems are failing in the face of global climate change, mobile livestock keeping, or pastoralism, is generating huge national and regional economic benefits. (88 pp) ISBN No 978-1-84369-752-7. To request a copy, contact newbooks@iied.org.
Planning with Uncertainty: using Scenario Planning with African Pastoralists
[SOS Sahel UK & IIED, 2009] is a booklet to illustrate how the idea of scenario planning is being used to help African pastoralists manage uncertainty and change. (31 pp) ISBN No 978-1-84369-743-5, Download English (1,332 KB). Download French (1,391KB).
Gender & Pastoralism Vol. 1: Rangeland & Resource Management in Ethiopia
[Andrew Ridgewell, Getachew Mamo & Fiona Flintan, 2007, SOS Sahel Ethiopia] is a book about how natural resources in Ethiopia's pastoral and agro-pastoral areas are managed by women and men. (95 pp) ISBN No 978-99944-814-0-8, Download English (1,656 KB)
Gender & Pastoralism Vol. 2: Livelihoods & Income Development in Ethiopia
[Andrew Ridgewell & Fiona Flintan, 2007, SOS Sahel Ethiopia] is a book about how pastoral women and men are increasingly diversifying their livelihoods away from a reliance on livestock towards other income generation activities that raise much needed cash and help to spread risks. (105 pp) ISBN 978-99944-814-1-5, Download English (820 KB)
Securing the Commons Series (SOS Sahel UK & IIED, 2000-2003):
1. Who's Managing the Commons? Inclusive management for a sustainable future. (44 pp, 2000)
Download English (359 KB), French (376 KB)
2. Hannu Biyu Ke Tchuda Juna - Strength in Unity. Shared Management of Common Property Resources. A case study from Takiéta, Niger. (50 pp, 2000)
Download English (816 KB), French (809 KB)
3. From Conflict to Consensus. Towards joint management of natural resources by pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the zone of Kishi Beiga, Burkina Faso. (40 pp, 2000)
Download English (226 KB), French (164 KB)
4. Traditional Institutions, multiple stakeholders & modern perspectives in common property. Accompanying change within Borana pastoral systems. (53 pp, 2003)
Download English (549 KB), French (571 KB)
5. Towards a local peace. SOS Sahel's experience of conflict transformation between pastoralists and farmers at El Ain, North Kordofan State, Sudan. (51 pp, 2003)
Download English (257 KB), French (274 KB)
6. Local networks as a tool for influencing policy. Experiences of the GDRN5 Network in Mali. (48 pp, 2003)
Download English (329 KB), French (328 KB)
7. Social inclusion: a prerequisite for equitable and sustainable natural resource management. Two experiences in Mali. (43 pp, 2003)
Download English (522 KB), French (531 KB)
