A new initiative that brings together leading pastoralists from Ethiopia and Kenya and researchers to discuss and advance solutions to pastoralist issues, recently met for the second time in Kenya.

The ‘University of the Bush’ is designed to link debate with action in the drylands and aims to enable pastoralists to engage with, comment on, critique and input into how pastoralist-relevant research is proceeding. “The University is an innovation in itself, drawing on tradition but enriching research,” explains Jeremy Lind, a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies and researcher with Future Agricultures Consortium.

Read more … (New Agriculturist)