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Access to water, pastoral resource management and pastoralists’ livelihoods

Lessons learned from water development in selected areas

Year of publication 2006

Pages 55 p.

Author Gomes, N.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Category Working paper

Series title LSP Working Paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper represents part of an area of work which analyses the linkages between rights to land and water. An initial scoping paper explored the interface between land and water rights (LSP Working Paper 10: Hodgson, S. (2004). “Land and water – the rights interface”). It is complemented by two regional analyses: this Working Paper and LSP Working Paper 25: IIED. (2006). “Land and water rights in the Sahel: Tenure challenges of improving access to water for agriculture”. Water development in pa storal dry lands of Africa has always been a priority for humanitarian and development agencies and for governments.

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