This brief on water in the drylands of Africa will explore the critical importance of water governance not only for water access and maintenance of water infrastructure, but also the wider governance and use of the surrounding rangelands.
It shows why effective water governance is critical for the sustainability of pastoral systems, peace, and managing the risk of overgrazing/land degradation.
It provides case studies of good and bad practice from dryland interventions and gives a summary of recommendations for water development in the drylands.
The production of this briefing paper was funded by the United States Agency for International Development via Cooperative Agreement No. 7200AA21CA00020, Pastoralism in Africa, to the Feinstein International Center, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
