The initial mandate of the League for Pastoral Peoples (LPP) was to support pastoralist societies and other small-scale livestock keepers to pursue their own vision of development through research, technical support, advisory services and advocacy. Later, the members of LPP felt that the organisation should deal not only with pastoralists but also with livestock keepers in general and changed its name to the League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development. “Endogenous” means “coming from within” and expresses our belief that development should build on local knowledge, institutions and resources rather than being determined from outside.