From Survival to Stability How IFC’s Luna LOG Program Transformed Pastoral Livelihoods in Ethiopia © 2026 The World Bank Group,

https://www.ifc.org/en/stories/2026/from-survival-to-stability Ethiopia’s livestock population, the largest in Africa, is an immense national asset that has long sustained rural families and powered local economies. In the lowlands of southern Ethiopia goats represent savings, school fees, and emergency reserves. Yet for many small-scale farmers, limited markets, environmental shocks, and animal disease undercut the livelihoods they could derive from livestock. © 2026 The World Bank Group,