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‘Darfur:
Livelihoods Under Siege’ is a collaborative
study between Tufts University and the Ahfad University
for Women, Sudan, looking at the effects of conflict on
livelihoods of different groups in Darfur. In order to refine
strategic humanitarian interventions, the sustainable livelihoods
approach was used as a means to investigate the effects
of the current conflict and humanitarian crisis on the livelihoods
of selected communities in Darfur. Fieldwork was carried out
in Darfur, Khartoum, eastern Sudan and Libya. The study focused
on labour migration, livestock production and trade, and on
communities’ links with central and eastern Sudan and
with Libya.
Recommendations
highlight structural changes at the State, national and at
the international levels. Changes include:
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processes of land restitution and compensation;
- livestock
restitution, reconciliation and compensation;
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and the opening up of transport routes to provide safe passage
for people, livestock and goods.
Further recommendations cover six broad areas: security, land,
livestock, markets, labour migration and international humanitarian
response. The research acknowledges that the wider processes
of reconciliation should be linked with livelihood support.
The
study recognises "the overriding importance of reaching
a political solution to the conflict through the international
processes of conflict resolution at Abuja. Any settlement
must address the underlying issue of marginalisation."
Thus the sustainable livelihoods approach can be a useful
tool in guiding reconstruction efforts, but it seems clear
that recommendations can only be taken up after a lasting
peace resolution has been reached.
 Darfur:
Livelihoods Under Siege’ (PDF)
Send comments
of draft document to: Helen.Young@tufts.edu
Listen
to Helen Young, Director of Public Nutrition, and Rebecca
Dale, Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University
presentation of Darfur:
Livelihoods Under Siege’, at the Overseas
Development Institute (HTML)
Maggie
Ibrahim (livelihoods-connect@ids.ac.uk)
Livelihoods Connect
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