In this podcast, Alan Duncan, Guyo Roba and Gary Watmough explain how data and partnerships drive the Observatory’s work
Challenges
How livestock data can counter food and climate shocks
A Livestock Data for Decisions community meeting examined ways to enhance the contributions of livestock data to counter food and climate shocks in the drylands of East Africa.
Producing time series data on childhood wasting
Jameel Observatory is partnering with the Data for Children Collaborative and UNICEF to support an impact collaboration to produce a time series of childhood wasting estimates.
Using geospatial data to estimate human livelihoods and poverty can help guide priorities
This post introduces ways that geospatial data is used to help assess and target where to allocate resources.
Introducing Jameel Observatory student – George Tsitati
George Tsitati Mayenga is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh’s College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
Early action priorities the focus of Observatory’s first community of practice meeting
The Observatory’s first face to face meeting of partners co-identified a set of ‘challenge questions’ to help guide the Observatory’s choice of research and other actions.
Improving estimates of livestock diet composition in Kenya focus of Edinburgh University project
Research on livestock feed strategies in Kenya that can guide year-round production and help pastoral and smallholder communities counter climate and other shocks.
Introducing Jameel Observatory affiliate – Gary Watmough
Gary Watmough is an Interdisciplinary Lecturer in Land Use and Socioecological Systems in the University of Edinburgh’s School of Geosciences and an Associate Member of the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security at the University of Edinburgh.
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