IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development - ICPALD

03/09/2026

📍Moyale, Ethiopia | 🗓️3-4 September 2026

ICPALD has convened a stakeholder meeting in Marsabit, Kenya (Moyale Cluster) to establish a sub-national coordination committee.

This initiative unites government stakeholders and the Marsabit pastoral communities to operationalize the IGAD Transhumance Protocol, strengthen cross border coordination, peaceful pastoral mobility, and regional collaboration.

Participants are formalizing a sub-national coordination committee with inclusive governance mandates. Key focus areas include identifying structural gaps, sensitizing members on the IGAD Protocol, and developing tracking systems in line with the Protocol.

**funded by the EU

02/09/2026

📍Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 🗓️1-3 September 2026

At the PASSAGE Project Annual Strategic Review Meeting, co-implementers are harvesting outcomes.

Since 2023, ICPALD has been partnering with communities on anticipatory action, co-learning, and co-producing risk knowledge.

As the project wraps up this year, the inter-disciplinary team is addressing three critical questions to transform research evidence into lasting action:

1️⃣ What has significantly changed?
2️⃣ Why does it matter?
3️⃣ How do we sustain this impact?





**funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC) /Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

24/08/2026

“This month’s UN Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of Parties in Mongolia marks an opportunity for countries to fight the growing threat of invasive species on rangelands,” writes Dereje Tadesse Wakjira, Director of the IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development.

Read full article on link➡️ https://earth.org/world-leaders-must-tackle-invasive-species-in-rangelands-head-on/

20/08/2026

📢The October to December 2026 rangeland prediction points to regeneration and better pasture conditions in the cross-border areas, especially along northeastern Uganda, Somalia, Kenya, Southern Ethiopia, South Sudan.

Read more here:➡️ https://icpald.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-Forage-Prediction-OND.docx

18/08/2026

Today ICPALD officially launched the Sudan component of the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Development for Fragility Reduction (EIDFR) Project in Khartoum! 🇸🇩

Funded by Africa Development Bank, the project focuses on institutional strengthening to boost entrepreneurship, innovation and job creation.

18/08/2026

Communal rangelands are vital to the Horn of Africa.
How do we tackle governance challenges and unlock new opportunities?

Find out with ICPALD at UNCCD COP17 this Friday, 21 August 2026!

14/08/2026

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Join ICPALD at our upcoming side event exploring policy pathways to protect regional pastoral mobility for strengthened socio-economic potential of pastoral systems.

🎯We will highlight the vital role of regional frameworks—including the IGAD Protocol on Transhumance—in governing transboundary pastoral systems amid changing land use.

14/08/2026

10/08/2026

📢RVF ALERT!

IGAD & FAO highlight increased rift valley fever ( ) Risk associated with strong El Niño conditions in Eastern Africa. El Niño continues to develop and is expected to strengthen through the end of the year, with a 97 percent probability of persisting into early 2027.

👉🏾Read more:https://icpald.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/RVF.pdf

04/08/2026

A 3-day establishment and sensitization of the Cross-Border Committee on Transboundary Livestock Mobility officially launched today in Mandera County, Kenya (4–6 August 2026). The forum brings together key stakeholders from Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

Officiated by Mandera County's Chief Officer of Livestock, Mr. Mohamed Adan Isaak, this vital committee will work to strengthen transboundary livestock mobility coordination, promote peaceful cross-border cooperation, enhance animal health and support sustainable pastoral livelihoods within the .

*funded by EU under PLACE project