Through the PSD initiative, the clients household income level increased by at least 20%. Many target men and women have diversified their economic base by undertaking small-scale businesses along with livestock keeping. This significantly enhanced the communities' capacities to withstand the negative impacts of drought and reduced dependency on external handouts. Economic diversification was strengthened through establishing regional revolving self-based credit schemes for the target women and men groups. PISP supported in the formation of 5 regularised livestock trader groups, which undertakes marketing of livestock and livestock products. The marketing groups organizes auction days where the traders come to the area as opposed to the previous practice where the sellers takes their goods to the market. This reduced much burden the producers used to experience.

The animal off-take programme undertaken by PISP had a multiple effect in reducing the number of herds kept by pastoralists and turning the weak and useless herds into human foods. The sellers acquired the cash and meat, which would have gone into waste were it not for this intervention. This also reduced the number of herds competing for the meagre resources of pasture and water.