Publications, presentations and student works within Triple L
Here we present results from the projects under the Triple L umbrella.
Results
Kawira C, Hörnell A, Kunyanga C, Schumann B, Okoth M, Mureithi S, Lindvall K. 2025. Perspectives on nutritional resilience in a setting with persistent food insecurity in the drylands of West Pokot, Kenya. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2025.2592828
Nyaga MN, Mureithi SM, Nyberg G, Mpairwe D, Gonda HL, Bargués-Tobella A, Wredle E. 2025. Effects of manuring and grass-legume mixtures on herbaceous vegetation in semi-arid East African rangelands. African Journal of Range & Forage Science, DOI: 10.2989/10220119.2025.2570704
Schumann B, Turinawe A, Lindvall K, Lule Kyanjo J, Kuule DA, Kawira C, Mwangi A, Mwangi P, Hörnell A. 2025. Livelihood dynamics and challenges to wellbeing in the drylands of rural East Africa – the Drylands Transform study population in the Karamoja border region. Global Health Action, 18:1, 2490330, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2490330
Drew J, Knutsson P. 2025. Boundary making, tenure insecurity, and conflict: regional dynamics of land tenure change and commodification in East Africa’s pastoralist rangelands. World Development 194, 107068
Kyanjo JL, Turinawe A, Hörnell A, Lindvall K. 2025. Balancing maternal employment and child nutrition and health: a grounded theory study of rural communities in Northeastern Uganda. BMC Public Health 25(1):769. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21978-z.
Nabweteme H, Bostedt G, Turinawe A. 2025. Livelihood security shocks and coping strategies in the drylands of Kenya and Uganda – a seasonal analysis. Development Studies Research, 12:1, 2516434, DOI: 10.1080/21665095.2025.2516434
Bostedt G, Knutsson P, Muricho D, Mureithi S, Wredle E. 2025. Uninsured Pastoralists – Adoption and Attitudes towards Index-based Livestock Insurance in Four Kenyan counties. Rangeland Ecology and Management, Vol. 103, pp. 53-1
Bostedt, G., Mukoya, L., Muricho, D., & Nyberg, G. (2021). Saving and borrowing behaviour among agropastoralists in West Pokot County, Kenya. Journal of International Development, 33(6), 1043-1062.
Bostedt, G., Sandorf, E. D., Mureithi, S. M., & Muricho, D. N. (2022). Unravelling the pastoralist paradox–preferences for land tenure security and flexibility in Kenya. Environment and Development Economics, 1-23.
Knutsson, P., Mureithi, S., Wredle, E., & Nyberg, G. (2021). Perspectives on enclosures in pastoralist drylands: From contradictory evidence to the formulation of innovative land management strategies. World Development Perspectives, 23, 100351.
Mohamed Sala, S., Otieno, D. J., Nzuma, J., & Mureithi, S. M. (2020). Determinants of pastoralists’ participation in commercial fodder markets for livelihood resilience in drylands of northern Kenya: Case of Isiolo. Pastoralism,10(1), 1-16.
Mureithi S, Mwendwa S, Ayalew Y. 2025. Soil and Water Conservation Technologies for Ecosystem Restoration in Drylands. In: Khan YDI, Purohit S, Jibrin JM, Gholkar MD (eds). Land Restoration Through Ecosystem-Based Approach. Disaster Resilience and Green Growth. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-0389-6_20
Öborn I, Nyberg G, Bargués-Tobella A. 2025. Landscapes, Grazing Managament and Livelihoods in Transition – Prospects for a Bio-Based Economy in the African Drylands. In: Innovation and Drivers for Circularity and Bioeconomy. Swedish FAO Committee, Publication series 16, 41-46 (ISSN 1652-9316) (in English and Swedish) Download: fao-2025_sv.pdf fao-2025_eng.pdf
Bargués-Tobella, A., Winowiecki, L.A., Ahmad, M.N., Kiunga, W., Lundberg Ingemarsson, M., Mohamoud, A., Mpairwe, D., Munyua, D., (…) Vågen, T.G. (2025). Scaling rangeland restoration in East Africa through synergies in the biodiversity–water–climate nexus. In: Proceedings of the XII International Rangeland Congress, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 577–580. https://irc2025.rangelandcongress.org/
(Presents preliminary results from the land-health assessments in Drylands Transform.)
Öborn I, Bargués Tobella A, Bostedt G, Hörnell A, Knutsson P, Lindvall K, Mpairwe D, Mureithi S, Nyberg G, Nyberg Y, Schumann B, Turinawe A, Vågen T, Wakjira D, Winowiecki L, Wredle E. 2021. Restoring rangelands for nutrition and health for humans and livestock. In: IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 28. (URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/24/1-2/28)
Arinaitwe, Hildah. 2025. Willingness to pay for Dryland Restoration: An economic analysis in the Karamoja border region of Uganda and Kenya. Department of Agribusiness and Natural Resource Economics, Makerere University, Uganda.
Nabweteme, Hawah. 2025. Shocks, coping strategies, and livelihood security in the drylands of Uganda and Kenya (Unpublished master’s dissertation). Department of Agribusiness and Natural Resource Economics, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. https://makir.mak.ac.ug/handle/10570/15324
Ajal, Mary Theodorah. 2025. Characterisation and production of kitchen gardens and their contribution to food security and livelihoods in Karamoja, northeastern Uganda. Second cycle, A2E (MSc Thesis) 30 hp. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Molecular Sciences. Download at https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/21091/1/ajal-m-t_250605.pdf
Lomongin, Jean. 2024. Household food insecurity and its associated factors in Napak district, Karamoja sub-region, Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study. MSc Thesis. Dept. of Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Uganda.
Bark, Caroline, 2024. Assessing the Impact of Restoration Interventions in the Kenyan Rangelands: A Case Study of the Chepareria Livestock Cafés. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences/Uppsala University. UPTEC STS 24038, Examensarbete (MSc Thesis) 30 hp. Download at Assessing the Impact of Restoration Interventions in the Kenyan Rangelands : A Case Study of the Chepareria Livestock Cafés (shared with Restore4More)
Krueger, Josefine. 2024. NEW COMMONS. A Feminist Perspective on Enclosures in Pastoralist West Pokot, Kenya. Master Thesis in Global Studies. School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University. (Supervisor James Drew)
Ward, Cecilia, 2024. The knowledge spread and role of kitchen gardens in Kenyan drylands, including a fertiliser experiment with human urine. Second cycle, A2E (MSc Thesis). Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Crop Production Ecology. Download at The knowledge spread and role of kitchen gardens in Kenyan drylands.Including a fertiliser experiment with human urine - Epsilon Archive for Student Projects
Mamo, Elema. 2022. Perception and management strategies for climate-induced risks among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. A case study from dryland farming systems in northern Kenya. MSc Thesis 30 hp, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics, 1482 • ISSN 1401-4084. Download at: Perception and management strategies for climate-induced risks among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists - Epsilon Archive for Student Projects
Sänger, Theresa. 2022. Pastoralists’ Livelihood Resilience under changing Land Tenure. A case study of West Pokot County, Kenya. Master Thesis in Global Studies. School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University. (Supervisor Per Knutsson)
Swärd, A.L.E. (2023). Ecosystem services from woody vegetation in East African rangelands. MSc thesis, SLU.
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/19543/
Virginia Maria Bile. 2023. Effectiveness of soil conservation practices in semi-arid enclosed rangelands of Northern Kenya. Supervisors: Dr. Elena Bresci, (UNIFI, Italy), Dr. Giulio Castelli (UNIFI, Italy), Dr. S.M. Mureithi; (LARMAT, University of Nairobi, Kenya). Sponsor: Drylands Transform Project.
Chepkemoi Ritah Setey (2020): An Economic Evaluation of the Role of Land and Livestock Dynamics in Livelihood Diversification in Baringo County, Kenya. Master’s Thesis, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Cirani, M. (2020). Pokot Young Pastoralists at the Crossroads-Tradition, Modernity and Land Tenure Transformations in East Pokot, Kenya. Master Thesis in Global Studies, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.
Linet Cherono Rutoh (2019): Determinants of Agro-Pastoralist’s Participation in Emerging Land Markets and its Effects on Livelihoods in Laikipia and West Pokot Counties, Kenya. Master’s Thesis, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Ajal, M.T. 2026. Kitchen Gardens as a pathway to Food Security, Nutrition, and Livelihoods in Karamoja. Drylands Transform Policy Brief 2026:4
Nabweteme, H. 2026. Vulnerability of Drylands to Livelihood Security Shocks: What’s Next? Drylands Transform Policy Brief 2026:3
Nuwamanya, H.A. 2026. Enhancing Pastoralist Livelihoods through Livestock Cafés in the Karamoja Cluster. Drylands Transform Policy Brief 2026:2
Lomongin, J. 2026. Household food security situation in Napak District, Karamoja sub-region, Uganda. Drylands Transform Policy Briefs 2026:1
Mpairwe D, Mureithi, SM, Öborn, I. 2022. Drylands Transform; A Research Project in East Africa Drylands. Drylands Transform Project to Improve Food Security. In: Makerere University@100, Free with New Vision, October 2022. p 13.
Drylands Transform Project in the IGAD region. Project Summary No. ICPALD 32-CLE-1-2023
Drylands Transform Project in the IGAD region. Project Summary no. ICPALD 33-CLE-2-2023
Drylands Transform. Ecosystem Restoration for Feed, Food and Nutrition Resilience in East African Drylands. Policy Brief No. ICPALD-36-CLE-3-2024
· Winowiecki, L.A., Bargués-Tobella, A., Maina, J., Musembi Kimeu, J., & Vågen, T.G. (2023).
Baseline assessment of soil and land health indicators within the ‘Drylands Transform’ and ‘Drylands Restore’ sites in Kenya and Uganda using the LDSF. World Agroforestry (ICRAF). Available at: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/UJVTK8
Schumann, B., Turinawe, A., Lindvall, K., Lule Kyanjo, J., Kuule, D.A., Kawira, C., Mwangi, A., Mwangi, P., & Hörnell, A.
Quantitative baseline and follow-up survey data based on a representative sample of 944 households in the study area can be accessed after serious request to the project team. Data includes households’ sociodemographic, livelihoods, living conditions, conflicts and crises, nutrition and health. The data will be partly or fully published when the Drylands Transform students and scientists have completed their ongoing thesis and publications.
Qualitative data can be accessed through the authors of the respective papers.
Videos and photo exhibition
Drylands Transformation Documentary - by IGAD (10 minutes)
Drylands Transform Project - Director's Interview (2 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fprpy5x5Wos
Drylands Transformation – Uganda - by IGAD (11 minutes)
Drylands Transformation Achievements – by IGAD (15 minutes)
An Eye for Science – Sustainable Development of Drylands (photo exhibition – SLU)
Agri4D Conference 2023 — Panel: Building resilient food systems in drylands: Challenges and lessons learned from transdisciplinary research in East Africa
- Part I
Overview of the LDSF field campaign and data-collection approach
(starts at 13:35)
Watch: https://vimeo.com/864431035/2bf122f248 - Part II
Presentation of preliminary land-health findings from the baseline assessment
(starts at 00:10)
Watch: https://vimeo.com/864444034/47348e2e72
Other presentations
Paradox land-tenure-workshop-2018.pdf
paradox-workshop---dryland-scenarios.pdf
paradox-workshop---survey-results.pdf
Aida Bargués Tobella, Muhammad Ahmad, Johanna Bergman Lodin, Evans Chimoita, Flora Hajdu, Malin Lundberg Ingemarsson, Denis Mpairwe, Dorcas Munyua, Stephen Mureithi, Jane Mutune, Annrose Mwangi, Diana Njihia, Gert Nyberg, Benard Onkware, Emily Ouko, Nathaniel Robinson, Anna Treydte, Alice Turinawe, Gwendolyn Varley, Tor Vågen, Karolina Wallin Fernqvist, Leigh Winowiecki, Ewa Wredle, Ingrid Öborn. 2025. Integrating social and technological innovations for sustainable rangeland restoration in East Africa In: Agri4D 2025: Nurturing regenerative food systems in a changing climate, Agri4D 24-25 September 2025, p. 66-67 (oral panel session, link to video)
Öborn I, Bargues-Tobella A, Drew J, Nyberg Y, Bostedt G, Hörnell A, Knutsson P, Lindvall K, Mohamoud A, Mpairwe D, Mureithi S, Norah C, Nyberg G, Schumann B, Turinawe A, Vågen T, Winowiecki L, Wredle E. 2024. A social-ecological systems framework for enabling a sustainability transformation of food systems, livelihoods and landscapes in East African drylands. 5th Global Food Security Conference, 9-12 April 2024, KU Leuven, Belgium (Abstract and poster presentation)
Drylands Transform 2024. DT Concept Note: Horn of Africa Pastoralist Expo in Ethiopia 26th Jan – 2nd Feb 2024, Ecosystem restoration for feed, food and nutrition resilience in East African drylands (oral/panel presentation; post on web and add link)
Barbara Schumann, Linnaeus University, Sweden. Coauthors: Ylva Nyberg, Agneta Hörnell, Alice Turinawe, Ingrid Öborn 2024. Characteristics of dryland farming systems and the role of women. In: Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in a polarized world. Development Research Conference, Lund University 21-23 October 2024. Page 8. (oral)
DevRes 2024. Research Panel 2E – Drylands Transformation in East Africa. Panel chair, Ingrid Öborn, SLU, Sweden. In: Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in a polarized world. Development Research Conference Lund University, 21-23 October 2024. Abstract p. 23 (oral)
-Conceptual framework of drylands transform and assessment of land health at landscape scale showing large spatial variation in species richness and degradation, Aida Bargues Tobella, SLU, Sweden
-Co-development of technical interventions for sustainable rangeland restoration and regenerative kitchen gardens with women, men and youth herders and farmers, Stephen M Mureithi, University of Nairobi, Kenya
-Household surveys to understand the resilience of communities to seasonality and climate variability, and how livelihood strategies contribute to food security and human wellbeing in the face of environmental hazards, Annrose Mwangi, University of Nairobi, Kenya & SLU, Sweden
-Exploring boundary-making, tenure insecurity, and conflict across the Karamoja cluster to understand pathways towards good dryland governance, Per Knutsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Kuule DA, Lindvall K, Turinawe A, Schumann B, Egeru A. 2024. Social conflicts, their interactions and seasonality in Karamoja region in Uganda, East Africa.
In: Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in a polarized world. Development Research Conference, Lund University, 21-23 October 2024. Abstract p. 32 (oral)
Nyaga M, Mureithi S, Kibet S, Nyberg G, Wredle E. 2024. Restoring drylands through manure and grass-legume intercropping. In: Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in a polarized world. Development Research Conference, Lund University, 21-23 October 2024. Abstract p. 40 (oral)
Mureithi S, Mpairwe D, Nyaga M, Nyberg G, Wredle E, Bargués-Tobella A, Oborn I. 2024. Dryland restoration knowledge sharing hubs, livestock cafés. In: Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in a polarized world. Development Research Conference, Lund University, 21-23 October 2024. Abstract p. 44 (oral)
Öborn I, Bargués-Tobella A, Drew J, Nyberg Y, Bostedt G, Hörnell A, Knutsson P, Lindvall K, Mohamoud A, Mpairwe S, Mureithi SM, Norah C, Nyberg G, Schumann B, Turinawe A, Vågen T, Winowiecki LA, Wredle E. 2024. Achieving the SDGs in the East African drylands: Pathways and challenges towards a social-ecological transformation, Tropentag, September 11-13, 2024, Vienna, Austria (oral)
Drew J. 2024. Processes of boundary‑making in the Kenya‑Uganda pastoralist borderlands꞉ changing land tenure, conflict, and governance challenges. At: African Borderlands Research Network Annual Conference – ‘Resilience and social cohesion in African borderlands’, September 2024, Nairobi, Kenya (oral)
Drew J. 2023. Processes of boundary-making in the drylands of East Africa: changing land tenure, conflict and pathways to ‘good’ resource governance. At: European Conference on African Studies, June 2023, University of Cologne, Germany (oral)
Drew J, Knutsson, P. 2023. Processes of boundary making in the Karamoja Cluster: changing land tenure, conflict, and governance challenges. At: Natural Resource Management and Conflict in Africa, Copenhagen, 26-28 June 2023. Danish Institute for International Studies. (oral)
Knutsson P, Drew J. 2023. Land commodification in Karamoja, West Pokot, and Turkana: implications for borderland conflict dynamics. At: Small arms and conflict in the Karamoja Cluster, United States International University, Nairobi. Kenya (oral).
Öborn I, Bargues-Tobella A, Drew J, Lindvall K, Mureithi S, Nyberg Y, Nyberg G, Mpairwe D, Turinawe A, Schumann B, Hörnell A, Knutsson P, Wredle E, Bostedt G, Winowiecki L, Vagen T, Mohamoud A, Norah C, Nyaga MN, Ayahura R, Kawira C, Kuule DA, Kyanjo J. 2023. Building resilient food systems in drylands: Challenges and lessons learned from transdisciplinary research in East Africa. In: Building resilient food systems in uncertain times. Agri4D 2023 Conference, 26-28 September 2023, p. 6-7. (oral panel session, available on video)
Knutsson P, Drew J. 2022. Politics of land commoditization in Karamoja: implications for conflict dynamics. At: Infrastructure and Conflict in the Greater Horn of Africa, Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, Nov 2022, Nairobi, Kenya (oral)
Nyberg G, Wredle E, Mureithi S, Mpairwe D, Öborn I. 2021. Livestock Cafés; experimental research and co-learning hubs in Dryland Transform. In: Food systems for new realities, Agri4D 2021 Conference 28-30 September 2021, p. 45 (poster)
Öborn I, Bargues-Tobella A, Bostedt G, Hörnell A, Knutsson P, Lindvall K, Mpairwe D, Mureithi S, Nyberg G, Nyberg Y, Schumann B, Turinawe A, Vågen T-G, Wakjira D, Muthui JW, Winowiecki LA, Wredle E. 2021. Restoring drylands for nutrition and health of humans and livestock. In: Food systems for new realities, Agri4D 2021 Conference 28-30 September 2021, p. 73 (oral)
See Drylands Transform news archive.
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Regional Pastoralism Day and Expo, Addis Ababa, 1 Febr. 2024- Attended by Stephen Mureithi, Denis Mpairwe. drylands-transform-at-east-africa-pastoralist-expo-in-addis-ababa-20240208.pdf; https://icpald.org/reg-pastoralism-day/
Training on Resilience Enhancing Technologies and Good Practices on Livestock and Fodder Value Chains. 5-10 Sept 2022. Attended by Gert Nyberg and Denis Mpairwe. https://icpald.org/training-livestock-fodder-vcs/ -Attended by Gert Nyberg and Denis Mpairwe
Drylands Transform national dissemination and scenario workshop, Kampala, Uganda (30 March 2025). Organised by DT team
Drylands Transform national dissemination and scenario workshop, Sagana, Kenya (6 Nov 2024) - Organised by DT team
Participation in the Uganda delegation of the 51st Lokiriama peace accord commemoration in the border regions of Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya, 21 Sept 2024, Denis, Zachary (add link to invitation)
District/county level interactions with officials, communities, NGOs, private sector, development actors (see DT news, and videos)
Feedback workshops to present and discuss the results of the baseline and follow-up surveys with communities and field advisors at the four LCs, and with government officers (livestock, agriculture, health), and other local actors, at district and sub-county level (DT team)
Workshops, trainings, training of trainers, Farmers/Herders Day, etc., with the communities around the Livestock Cafés (Stephen Mureithi, Denis Mpairwe and DT team)
Co-facilitation and co-planning of the First and Second Drylands Summer School. Organizers: FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral Systems & the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) 2026. Amman, Jordan, 12-15 September 2023 (First Edition); Nairobi, Kenya, 12-15 September 2024. https://www.fao.org/dryland-forestry/news/news-detail/es/c/1651561/; https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd1861en
Capacity building webinar for FAO’s Drylands Sustainable Landscape Impact Program (DSL-IP) Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Working Group (MEL WG). ‘SMART Indicators to monitor land health’. October 24, 2024. Aida Bargués-Tobella
Post-COST Drylands Action Forum. June 27, 2022. Presentation Title: Drylands Transform: Pathways and challenges towards a transformation of landscapes, livestock and livelihoods in the East African drylands. Aida Bargués-Tobella
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Prospects for a Sustainable Bio-Based Economy in the East African Drylands by Ingrid Öborn, Gert Nyberg, Aida Bargués-Tobella. KSLA 9 June 2025. (oral panel, Ingrid Öborn)
https://icpald.org/gender-inclusive-regional-drylands-forum-to-identify-research-priorities/ - Gender Inclusive Regional Drylands Forum to Identify Research Priorities. (Attended by Stephen Mureithi)
https://icpald.org/knowledge-share-fair-igad-cross-border-resilience-programing-2/ - Knowledge Share Fair: IGAD Cross-Border Resilience Programing. (Attended by Stephen Mureithi, Margeret Nyaga)
https://icpald.org/dt-ug-field-visit/ - Follow Up Stakeholders Engagement Field Visit on the Drylands Transform (DT) Research Project. June 3-10, 2023, Napak and Moroto Districts, Uganda