Peter Ballantyne | Jameel Observatory

Risks and their impacts on pastoralist livelihoods

by Peter Ballantyne | Oct 13, 2025 | Climate Change, Community of Practice, Conflict, Dialogue, Drought, Drylands, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ICPALD, Livestock, Pastoralism, Risk Resilience, SPARC | DrylandResilence, PastoralCommunities, PastoralistProsperity

At the ‘Building the Resilience and Prosperity of Pastoralists and Dryland Communities’ dialogue, we explored shocks facing pastoralist communities

Capacitating dryland resilience and early action

by Peter Ballantyne | Oct 12, 2025 | Capacity Development, Community of Practice, Dialogue, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ICPALD, Pastoralism, Resilience, SPARC | dryland futures academy, DrylandResilence, PastoralCommunities, PastoralistProsperity

At the ‘Building the Resilience and Prosperity of Pastoralists and Dryland Communities’ dialogue, we explored capacity opportunities for dryland stakeholders

Enhancing forecasting and earth observation data and applications for drylands

by Peter Ballantyne | Oct 10, 2025 | Community of Practice, Dialogue, Drylands, Eastern Africa, Forecasting Data, Forecasts, Horn of Africa, ICPALD, SPARC, University of Milan | DrylandResilence, PastoralCommunities, PastoralistProsperity

At the ‘Building the Resilience and Prosperity of Pastoralists and Dryland Communities’ dialogue, we explored EO applications for drylands

Exploring weather and climate information services for pastoralists in Wajir

by Peter Ballantyne | Oct 7, 2025 | Anticipatory Action, Dialogue, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Forecasting Data, Forecasts, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Mercy Corps, Pastoralism, SPARC | Samuel Derbyshire, Wajir, WCIS

In September, a county-level discussion examined the WCIS landscape and services for pastoralist communities.

Advancing locally led early and anticipatory actions in drylands

by Peter Ballantyne | Oct 6, 2025 | Anticipatory Action, Community of Practice, Dialogue, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ICPALD, Local Knowledge, Locally Led Action, Pastoralism, SPARC | DrylandResilence, PastoralCommunities, PastoralistProsperity

At the ‘Building the Resilience and Prosperity of Pastoralists and Dryland Communities’ dialogue we explored early action of local actors

Social assistance, moral economy and pastoralist resilience

by Peter Ballantyne | Jun 25, 2025 | Drought, Drylands, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Pastoralism, Rangelands, Research, Resilience, Trust | Tahira Mohamed

Tahira Mohamed calls for humanitarian and development interventions to combine the best of external and local actions