Episode 3: Livestock: Inside the economic engine of the drylands

The livelihoods of pastoralists in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East centre around livestock: raising, milking and selling camels, cattle, goats and sheep. Far from being small and unprofitable, livestock keeping supplies millions of people in the region with meat and milk, as well as a source of income and exports. In this episode, Bola Mosuro goes under the hood to talk with experts about the relationship herders have to their livestock, and how markets and financial measures are being adapted to support people through new shocks and challenges.Dynamic Drylands is a podcast which explores new ways of thinking about aid, development and resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East. It is produced by Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC), a six-year research programme managed by Cowater, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Mercy Corps and ODI and commissioned by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Podcast Production by Loftus Media. For show notes, visit www.sparc-knowledge.org/dynamic-drylands-podcast or find us on X (@SPARC_ideas).Contributors: Rupsha Banerjee, Carmen Jacquez, Kelvin Shikuku.Host: Bola Mosuro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.