[IYRPsupportgroup] FYI: Accounting for Pastoralists: new brief focused on pastoralists in Afghanistan

[Ann Waters-Bayer]

Dear all,

While preparing for the IYRP in 2026, we need more data on the situation and contributions of pastoralists in different parts of the world. The League for Pastoral Peoples (LPP) has been bringing out a series of publications on “Accounting for Pastoralists”. The latest brief (Jan 2025) is "Accounting for pastoralists in Afghanistan, by Khurshid Muhammad. 

The rangelands and deserts that cover most of Afghanistan support large numbers of both mobile and sedentary pastoralists, who make up perhaps 10% of the country’s population. The mobile pastoralists are known as “Kuchi”. They own more than 70% of the country’s livestock and produce most of the live animals and meat consumed there. They migrate to the central highlands in the summer, returning to the warmer lowlands in the winter. Khurshid Muhammad describes the management systems they use, their contributions to the national economy and society, and the challenges they face.

The brief (6 pp) is available at https://www.pastoralpeoples.org/accounting-for-pastoralists-in-afghanistan/ <https://www.pastoralpeoples.org/accounting-for-pastoralists-in-afghanistan/>

Other briefs in the series cover Argentina, Germany, India, Iran, Kenya, Mozambique, Pakistan, Spain and Uganda. An overall brief by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson explains why it is important to gather data on pastoralists and their management system, and how to go about doing so (https://www.pastoralpeoples.org/thematic/accounting-for-pastoralists-studies/ <https://www.pastoralpeoples.org/thematic/accounting-for-pastoralists-studies/>).

Perhaps members of the IYRP Global Alliance in other countries would like to use a similar approach to gather information about pastoralists. If so, please contact LPP (sabine at pastoralpeoples.org <mailto:sabine at pastoralpeoples.org>) for more information.

Cheers,
Ann

Dr Ann Waters-Bayer
Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology
German Institute for Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) Research Fellow
Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) Core Group
Secretariat of International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP) Global Alliance
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