This report is a contribution to ILRI's RECONCILE project Livestock, Climate and System Resilience (LCSR), a research program that aims to improve participatory rangeland management (PRM) uptake by establishing a stronger technical base. The three-year project builds on the gains and lessons learned in the implementation of PRM in Baringo implemented under similar collaborative arrangements and promoted PRM both as a concept for rangelands management and restoration and as a process that promotes sustainable land use, policy and governance of rangelands and pastoral livelihoods systems.

Among forty-seven counties in Kenya, we choose Meru County in Kenyan highlands with successful dairy as business oriented. Administratively, Meru is divided into four sub-counties namely- Imenti Central, Buuri, North Imenti and South Imenti. We did livestock feeds assessment in Central Imenti sub-county, involving women and men groups. To narrow down to the specific area, we linked to Meru Dairy Union an umbrella that hosts up to 55 dairy societies in the area.

This report presents the findings of a stakeholder mapping conducted in Arbahajan Ward from August 17th to 19th, 2023. Stakeholders mapping is a crucial initial step for implementing Participatory Rangelands Management (PRM) and has been undertaken under the auspices of the Livestock and Climate Initiative by RECONCILE in collaboration with ILRI.

The working paper presents a framework for assessing country-specific needs, opportunities and priorities for improving measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of livestock greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and emission reductions. The framework consists of 13 guiding questions that are implemented in an eight-step assessment. The steps are:
Phase 1: Clarify the context
Step 1: Assess current and future expected trends in the livestock sector and their GHG emissions implications.
Step 2: Identify policies and measures that are expected to impact GHG emissions.

This report provides a comprehensive summary of the Technical Working Group (TWG) and Staff Induction Meeting on Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) held on the 23rd and 24th of August 2023 at the Wajir Palace Hotel in Wajir County. The meeting was conducted as part of the AICCRA project, Kenya in partnership with the International Livestock Institute (ILRI). The primary goal of this initiative is to promote climate-smart pastoralism practices in arid and semi-arid (ASAL) regions of Kenya.

Inclusive co-design of system innovations incorporates diverse perspectives and bodies of knowledge that can generate solutions that fit well in a local context and over time influence the socio-technical regime. In operationalizing system transformation-oriented co-design processes, research and development actors have experimented in recent decades with the role of multistakeholder approaches. A specific application of such approaches in the agrifood system context are Agricultural Innovation Platforms (AIPs).

This workshop is part of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) supported CCAFS project “Enhancing capacities for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of sustainable livestock actions in Ethiopia.” Ethiopia’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) states the intention to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the livestock sub-sector. The national GHG inventory is one of the main tools through which Ethiopia can measure and report livestock subsector GHG emissions.

Arbajahan Ward, located within the arid landscape of Wajir West, Wajir County, is home to a resilient pastoral community heavily reliant on rangelands for sustenance. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in collaboration with the Resource Conflict Institute(RECONCILE), initiated Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) to build the capacity of local communities to better manage their lands. A Capacity Strengthening Workshop for the Rangeland Management Committee was a pivotal component to this and was successfully held from October 31st to November 2nd, 2023.

A presentation on how to improve local adaptive capacities and inclusive scaling mechanisms for climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia. It was delivered at the inception workshop for the CGIAR Initiative for Livestock and Climate by Birgit Habermann