AfriScout Regenerative Grazing Project (Ethiopia)

The AfriScout Regenerative Grazing Project works with pastoral communities to restore the vast rangelands where they graze their herds and to increase livestock productivity. Developed by AfriScout, which is a social enterprise of the global impact organization Global Communities, the project spans 1.3 million hectares of grassland and 47,000 households across Oromia, Somali and South Ethiopia, with the potential to scale to more than four million hectares.

The project blends time-honoured, adaptive grazing practices with modern technology through an app combining satellite data and AI to guide pastoralists on where and when they move their herds. The approach enhances pasture health and biodiversity while strengthening the resilience of pastoral livelihoods in the face of climate variability. By measuring and verifying the carbon sequestration impact of these practices, Afriscout aims to issue carbon credits to fund future activities.

CAPE selected this project for its use of cutting-edge grazing intelligence; transforming traditional practices into climate-smart solutions that restore rangelands and secure livelihoods in a complex pastoral setting.