STOCKHOLM - SIPRI has released a brief that explores the IOM’s approach to regenerative agriculture.

In Somalia, climate change disproportionately disrupts agricultural and pastoral livelihoods, driving harmful practices, such as resource overexploitation, which exacerbate conflicts. To address these challenges, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) promotes regenerative agriculture as a part of a broader environmental peace-building approach aiming to replace negative coping strategies with sustainable practices for long-term resilience.

This SIPRI Policy Brief explores the IOM’s approach to regenerative agriculture as a tool for environmental peacebuilding in south-central Somalia. It focuses on analysing how the approach has been designed and highlights elements of the approach that can build resilient livelihoods, encourage cooperation over natural resources and strengthen social cohesion. The policy brief also offers recommendations for donors and implementing organizations to effectively leverage regenerative agriculture for environ-mental peacebuilding efforts.

About the authors

Ann-Sophie Böhle is a Research Assistant in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.

Kheira Tarif is a Researcher in the SIPRI Climate Change and Risk Programme.

To Download the brief, visit: https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-11/pb_2411_cultivating_change.pdf