This paper summarises the discussions at a one-day seminar on the challenges of securing pastoral and agro-pastoral systems, held by the ‘Land Tenure and Development’ Technical Committee (CTFD) at AFD on 20^th November 2024.

The aim of the event was to share key aspects of the consultation process that enabled pastoral and agro-pastoral civil society organisations to contribute to the high-level “Nouakchott+10” forum that took place in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania on 6^th-8^th November 2024.

The seminar was chaired by Amel Benkahla (GRET, CTFD secretariat), and structured as follows: (i) presentations by Safiatou Baldé Loum (Cerfla/Crafs) and Alpha Ba (Secretary of State for Cooperatives and Rural Affairs), with discussions about the dynamics and challenges of securing pastoral systems in Senegal; (ii) presentations by Dramane Orou Guetido (Anoper Benin) and Adamou Mama Sambo (High Commissioner for Sedentarisation) and discussions about the future of livestock systems in Benin; (iii) a round table attended by Djibo Bagna (ROPPA), Seyni Amadou (APESS), Blamah Jalloh (RBM), Bernard Bonnet (Iram), Sandra Rullière (AFD), Adamou Mama Sambo (High Commissioner for Sedentarisation in Benin) and Alpha Ba (Secretary of State for Cooperatives and Rural Affairs in Senegal) to discuss proposals from regional pastoral civil society organisations and the challenges encountered at regional level.