Evidence Brief: The Impact of In-Kind Food Assistance on Pastoralist Livelihoods in Humanitarian Crises

This brief provides an overview of The impact of food assistance on pastoralist livelihoods in humanitarian crises – an evidence synthesis published in January 2017 by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by a team from the University of Toronto. It summarizes key findings in response to the research questions identified, indicates the country contexts from which evidence is drawn, outlines the methodology, highlights research gaps and provides references to the original literature.

The brief aims to assist policy makers, practitioners and researchers in assessing the available evidence in this field. It does not provide advice on which interventions or approaches are more or less appropriate in any given context. The varied and varying nature of crisis, vulnerability, goals of humanitarian programming, local conditions and quality of available data make the evidence highly contextual.