Towards a local peace: SOS Sahel's experience of conflict transformation between pastoralists and farmers at El Ain, North Kordofan State, Sudan

This document examines the question of what roles development agencies could or should play in the context of supporting natural resource management systems, where conflict between different resource user groups is an integral part of resource use. In particular it considers how development agencies can work with existing customary institutions in the current context of institutional uncertainty and complexity.