Keyword Archives: Darfur
On the Hoof: Livestock Trade in Darfur
This report explores what has happened to the livestock trade in the greater Darfur region during nine years of conflict, since 2003. Livestock is one of Darfur’s main economic assets and makes a major contribution to Sudan’s national livestock and … Read More
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: Darfur, livestock
Participation, Political Economy and Protection: The Governance of Food Aid in the Darfur Region of Sudan
By Helen Young and Daniel Maxwell (2012). Disasters (forthcoming)
Posted in Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Keywords: Darfur, food aid
Markets and Trade in Darfur
The Feinstein International Center provides advisory support to the Darfur Development and Reconstruction Agency (DRA) – a national NGO in Sudan – to set up and manage a community-based market monitoring network in the Darfur Region. The goal of this market monitoring initiative is to deepen analysis and understanding of the shifting patterns of trade and markets in Darfur on an ongoing basis for key agricultural and livestock commodities; identify how livelihoods and the economy can be supported through trade; and identify peace-building opportunities through trade.
Posted in Briefing Papers, Publications
Keywords: Darfur, market monitoring, markets, Sudan Environment and Livelihoods, trade
Livelihoods, Power, and Choice
Based on fieldwork in rural Darfur, this report uses a livelihoods lens to illustrate the processes that have contributed to the vulnerability of the Darfuri nomads who have much in common with pastoralists globally. Severe pressures on pastoralist livelihoods have contributed to ‘maladaptive’ livelihood strategies that are often linked to violence and conflict, and undermine the livelihoods of both victims and perpetrators.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: Darfur, livelihoods
Livelihoods, Power and Choice (Presentation Slides)
Presentation slides for the Livelihoods, Power and Choice project findings.
Posted in Presentations, Publications
Keywords: Darfur, livelihoods, nutrition, pastoralism, security, trade
Adaptation and Devastation
Conflict and crisis in Darfur has continued unabated since 2003. Whilst there has been a growing body of knowledge about how this has impacted on livelihoods, there has been much less focus on understanding how trade and markets – the lifeblood of Darfur’s economy – have been affected.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: conflict, Darfur, livelihoods, livestock, pastoralism, trade
Sharpening the Strategic Focus of Livelihoods Programming in the Darfur Region
It is well known in the Darfur region that peoples’ livelihoods have been devastated as a result of the conflict, both as a result of the direct asset-stripping of conflict affected households, but also as a result of the continuous erosion of the livelihood asset base of all groups in Darfur – even those who have not been directly affected by conflict.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: conflict, Darfur, livelihoods
Strategies for Economic Recovery and Peace In Darfur
Competing livelihoods in the absence of good local governance has led to localized and ultimately devastating conflict over natural resources in Darfur. The lack of comprehensive livelihoods analysis in international peace processes and humanitarian assistance risks entrenching the Darfur conflict even further.
Posted in Briefing Papers, Publications
Keywords: conflict, Darfur, finance, humanitarian action
Looking beyond food aid to livelihoods, protection and partnerships
By H. Young. 2007. Disasters 31(S1): S40 – S56.
Posted in Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Keywords: Darfur, livelihoods
Trade, Migration and Remittance Flows In Times of Conflict and Crisis — A Case-Study of Darfurian Livelihoods and Libya
By H. Young and A. M. Osman, (2007). International Migration Review. 41(4): 826-849.
Posted in Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Keywords: Darfur, migration, remittances, trade