Odessa Centre

research and consultancy on pastoral peoples of the world

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Odessa Centre

The Odessa Centre Ltd. was founded in 2003 in England by two social anthropologists, Carol Kerven and Roy Behnke.


Carol Kerven

Carol Kerven has worked for forty five years as an applied research socio-economist in agricultural and livestock development, since 1975 in sub-Saharan Africa, and since 1995 mostly in former Soviet Central Asia. 


Roy Behnke

Roy Behnke has worked on problems of extensive livestock production and rangeland management and tenure for over 40 years.