A special issue of Disasters explores causes and effective responses to protracted crises across Africa
Research
Social protection and collective solidarity for climate change adaptation
Tahira Mohamed explores disconnects between formal social protection systems and locally-led networks
Next generation earth observation for drought risk management
Our research accelerator project sets out earth observation options for anticipatory drought risk management systems
Supporting pastoralist resilience through real-time monitoring of drought
DIRISHA project final report shows potential of crowdsourced data for drought early warning
Adaptable livelihoods and the persistence of pastoralism in northern Kenya
Despite the challenges of variable rainfall, drought, and unequal access to resources, pastoralism persists and thrives.
Rethinking vulnerability and humanitarian assistance in East Africa’s drylands
Humanitarian agencies should move to approaches grounded in the relations that shape life in the drylands
Anticipatory action and pastoralism in Africa: Challenges and opportunities
Sam Derbyshire introduces an article that unpacks ‘anticipatory action’ for pastoralist communities
The drylands of tomorrow: Pathways to prosperity, peace and resilience
Sam Derbyshire introduces a synthesis of SPARC learnings on pastoralism and agriculture in the drylands
News Categories
About
Africa
Challenges
- Coordination (16)
- Data (31)
- Financing (8)
- Local Knowledge (34)
- Trust (7)
Components
- Capacity Development (16)
- Community of Practice (16)
- Dialogue (50)
- Evidence (50)
- Impact Collaborations (9)
- Research (78)
Countries
Eastern Africa
Horn of Africa
Issues
- Anticipatory Action (75)
- Children (5)
- Climate Change (45)
- Conflict (3)
- Drought (89)
- Drylands (119)
- Early Action (107)
- Early Warning (66)
- Earth Observation (3)
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- Food Security (27)
- Forecasts (7)
- Health (2)
- Insurance (7)
- Land (1)
- Livestock (28)
- Nutrition (5)
- Partnership (7)
- Pastoralism (89)
- Rangelands (10)
- Refugees (1)
- Resilience (68)
- Social Protection (2)
- Water (1)
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Opinion
Partners
- ABC (2)
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- ARC, Sudan (1)
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- BIEA (7)
- BRAC (1)
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- CIFA Ethiopia (2)
- Community Jameel (7)
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- Data for Children Collaborative (6)
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- University of Edinburgh (46)
- University of Milan (5)
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- Urban Foresight (4)
People
Projects
Report
Southern Asia
Themes