The life of a pastoralist isn’t easy – and for pastoralist women, who often have little control over resources or decision making, it’s even harder.

In this bonus edition episode of Dynamic Drylands, Fulani pastoralist women in northern Nigeria provide their own perspectives on how a locally led research exercise has improved their lives and livelihoods. Through training pastoralist women to be researchers, Nigerian NGO FUDECO (the Fulbe Development and Cultural Organization) has provided women with new skills and income – but also an expanded vision of themselves as valuable and active community members.

Dynamic Drylands is a podcast which explores new ways of thinking about aid, development and resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East. It is produced by Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC), a six-year research programme managed by Cowater, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Mercy Corps and ODI Global. This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

For show notes, visit www.sparc-knowledge.org/dynamic-drylands-podcast or find us on X (@SPARC_ideas)

Contributors: Rukkaiyatu Bashir Ribadu, Maryam Yousef Bayero, Mohammad Habibu Hussain, Umaira Hassan Suleiman, Hafsat Muhammad Sani, Bello Basma Usman, Jamila Mohammad Bello, Fatima Idris, Sa’adatu Usman Moddibo and Asmau Usman Muhammad. Sound effects and audio with Maryam Yousef Bayero provided by Elphas Ngugi.

Host: Bola Mosuro.

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