Helen Young and Afaf Rahim
Tufts University

Pastoralism in SudanSudan is home to one of the largest pastoralist populations in Africa. More than 45 pastoralist groups share a culture of pastoralism and transhumance and have long co-existed with each other and with settled farming communities. Current day pressures on pastoralism have severely impacted livelihoods, and led to dropout and livelihood mal-adaptations that threaten the longer-term sustainability of pastoralist livelihoods and potentially undermine the wider economy and have implications for the environment in Sudan.