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Mid-Term Review (MTR) for the Resilient Approaches in Natural Rangeland Ecosystems (RANGE) Programme
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1. **About the RANGE Programme**
The Resilient Approaches in Natural Rangeland Ecosystems (RANGE) Programme is a five-year resilience and livelihoods initiative implemented by Mercy Corps in northern Kenya, with programming in Marsabit (Maikona, Laisamis, Sagante/Jaldesa, and Golbo Wards), Isiolo (Burat, Chari, Kinna, and Ngaremara Wards), and Samburu (Baawa, Lodokejek, Waso, and Wamba West Wards). The programme is funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) and operates in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) characterized by high climate variability, recurrent drought, natural resource-based conflict, fragile governance systems, and underdeveloped livestock market systems. Pastoralist and agro-pastoralist livelihoods in these counties are highly dependent on rangeland ecosystems and livestock production, making communities particularly vulnerable to climate shocks, environmental degradation, insecurity, and weak service delivery. Degraded rangelands, limited access to water and animal health services, constrained market opportunities, and weak coordination among communities, government institutions, and private sector actors have historically undermined resilience and sustainable development across these landscapes. RANGE was designed to respond to these interconnected challenges through a systems-oriented and landscape-based approach that recognizes the interdependence between ecosystem health, livelihoods, governance, markets, and evidence-based decision-making. Rather than focusing solely on direct service delivery, the programme emphasizes strengthening institutions, improving market systems, enhancing coordination among market actors, and catalyzing sustainable practices that can endure beyond the life of the project. Through this approach, RANGE seeks to strengthen household and systems resilience, improve the productivity and sustainability of rangeland-based livelihoods, support more effective and inclusive governance of natural resources, and contribute to more resilient market systems in northern Kenya.
***1.1 Programme Goal and Outcomes***
The overall goal of the RANGE Programme is to strengthen the resilience of ASAL communities, contributing to sustainable economic and social development within a well-managed landscape.
To achieve this goal, RANGE is structured around four interrelated outcomes:
1. *Outcome 1: Improved rangeland management repairs ecosystem health and increases food, nutrition, and water security.*
This outcome focuses on strengthening formal and informal rangeland governance systems, promoting inclusive and sustainable rangeland management, scaling integrated water resource management interventions, and expanding access to green technologies that support livestock systems and climate adaptation.
2. *Outcome 2: Sustainable livestock and alternative livelihood production and competitiveness of markets are strengthened within an improved policy environment.*
This outcome seeks to enhance livestock productivity and herd management, expand access to animal health services and inputs, support alternative livelihoods and financial inclusion, and strengthen market systems through engagement with private sector actors and facilitation of domestic and international market linkages.
3. *Outcome 3: Improved linkages among and between communities and government structures support collaboration on economic, environmental, and social issues that promote stability and sustained development.*
This outcome emphasizes participatory governance, peacebuilding and conflict prevention, inter-county and cross-border coordination, public–private partnerships, and the use of community-generated evidence to influence policies, legislation, and public investment decisions.
4. *Outcome 4: Strengthened research and evidence-based programming contribute to impactful implementation, effective coordination, early warning and early action, innovation, and learning for resilient ASAL communities.*
This outcome focuses on building robust research and learning systems, improving awareness and use of geospatial and planning tools, implementing longitudinal data collection protocols, and strengthening the capacity of government, research institutions, and local partners to generate, use, and disseminate evidence.
***1.2 Implementation Approach***
RANGE applies an integrated implementation approach that combines Integrated Participatory Land and Rangeland Management (IPLRM), Market Systems Development (MSD) principles, participatory governance, and adaptive management. Programme activities are implemented through collaboration with county governments, community institutions, local implementing partners, private sector actors, and research institutions. Cross-cutting themes, including gender equity, youth inclusion, conflict sensitivity, climate resilience, and safeguarding, are embedded across programme outcomes and activities to ensure that implementation is inclusive, context
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