Property rights, risk and livestock development in Africa

This book documents the proceedings of the International Symposium on Property Rights, Risk, and Livestock Development. The symposium was held to appraise progress, review achievements, and identify remaining research gaps at the conclusion of a three-year research project led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and the University of Goettingen. The goal of the project was to support appropriate reforms of property institutions and land policies in the semiarid areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives werea) to better understand how environmental risk affects the use and management of resources under various property-rights regimes,b) to identify circumstances under which different pathways of change in land use and property rights are followed, andc) to identify how policy and other external interventions can help communities achieve desirable pathways and mitigate negative impacts of undesirable pathways.The introductory chapter provides a description of the research, development, and policy context that shaped the formulation of the project’s goal and objectives; a summary of the research approach taken in the project; and a discussion of how the papers presented in this book relate to the project’s objectives.

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