Several factors have been accused behind the collapse of pastoral economy in the African Sahel including Sudan. These are repeated drought, rapid increase of population, and the role of market economy. Although not rejecting these causes, this book paid much attention to the role of the Sudanese state and its ineffective economic policy towards pastoral communities. Under the pretext of the illusion of development, pastoral lands have been taken and converted to mechanized farming, without taking into account the livelihood interests of pastoral people. Hungry or angry people in the east as well as in Darfur have nothing left than to fight for survival. The study consists of seven chapters covering several topics including research problem, theoretical framework, physical and human aspects of eastern Sudan, land tenure system, socio-economic indicators, and rangeland information system. The adoption of political ecology approach coupled with GIS application make the book very useful for the researchers as well as planners who are interested in understanding pastoral livelihood and designing rangeland information system.

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El Hadary, Yasin Abdalla Eltayeb: Staff at Geography-Universityof Khartoum, Sudan since 1997. Honor Degreein Geography- University of Khartoum 1995. Master inGeographical Information System ITC-Netherlands 2001.PhD in Pastoral Resource Management, University of Khartoum 2007.Post Doctoral fellowship at University of Science-Malaysia USM 2010.