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The Power of Strategic Design: Creating Peaceful Landscapes

A key aspect involves strategic land management. Ditches are dug to create clear demarcations between grazing routes for herders and cultivated areas for farmers. This creates physical barriers that are mutually respected, reducing conflicts over land use.

Community-led agreements ensure that herders stay within designated corridors and do not encroach on farmers’ fields. As part of the pact, pastoralists are provided with watering ponds outside these boundaries, ensuring they have sufficient resources without crossing into cultivated zones.