Empowering Resilience in Somalia’s Dryland
The Centre for Dryland Development & Resilience Systems (CDDRS) is a Somali-led non-profit technical organization dedicated to advancing climate resilience, pastoral development, participatory rangeland management, dryland restoration, and sustainable food systems across Somalia. Through community-led approaches, CDDRS supports pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities to improve livelihoods, secure natural resources, restore degraded rangelands, strengthen local governance, and enhance resilience to climate change, drought, and land degradation.
CDDRS
We work with communities, institutions, and development partners to address the interconnected challenges of climate change, food insecurity, land degradation, water scarcity, and livelihood vulnerability. Through technical expertise, applied research, data-driven programming, and strong Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning systems, CDDRS supports practical and scalable solutions for dryland communities.
What
We Do
CDDRS designs, implements, and evaluates high-impact interventions that strengthen resilience in Somalia’s dryland and pastoral regions. Our work focuses on climate-smart agriculture, dryland restoration, water resource management, disaster risk reduction, livelihoods, research, innovation, and institutional capacity development.
CDDRS operates primarily in Somalia, with a focus on dryland, pastoral, agro-pastoral, and riverine communities. Our operational areas include South West State, Jubaland, Puntland, North-Eastern State, Hirshabelle, Galmudug, and Benadir
Somalia’s dryland communities face recurring droughts, floods, erratic rainfall, food insecurity, malnutrition, land degradation, poverty, unemployment, biodiversity loss, and unequal access to resources and services. These challenges require integrated, evidence-based, and resilience-focused solutions. CDDRS exists to support communities and institutions in building stronger systems for sustainable development and climate adaptation.
Partner with CDDRS
We collaborate with national and regional government institutions, UN agencies, and international development partners across the Horn of Africa to implement scalable, transboundary resilience frameworks.