The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University are pleased to invite you to this upcoming webinar.

Little is known about the Gizu ecosystem of north-western Sudan, which is one of the country’s most important yet least understood pastoral landscapes.

Its distinctive pastures confer significant health and economic benefits, underpinning highly productive camel and sheep systems, livelihoods, food security and nutrition across Darfur and Kordofan, as well as longstanding export trade.

Today, the Gizu is being reshaped by conflict, militarized economic control, changing trade and migration, and resource extraction, including gold.

Drawing on field research conducted before the current war, geospatial analysis of ecological change over the past three decades, and expert interviews undertaken in 2026, this webinar examines implications for pastoral livelihoods, mobility, resource access, resilience, food and nutrition security, humanitarian action and wider policy responses in Sudan.

PANELISTS

Helen Young
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University

Hussein Sulieman
Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
Professor at the Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS, University of Gadarif

HOST

Sadig Elamin
Senior National Food Security Analyst and Coordinator, FAO Sudan

MODERATOR

Margie Buchanan-Smith
Independent Policy Researcher