Human-induced climate change increased drought severity in Horn of Africa

by Jameel Observatory | Apr 29, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Somalia

A new report by World Weather Attribution, a group that seeks to quickly determine whether certain extreme weather events were influenced by climate change, concludes that the ongoing drought in Eastern Africa has been made worse by human-induced...

Understanding anticipatory action in food crises

by Jameel Observatory | Feb 1, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Drought, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Resilience, Save the Children, Somalia

With support from the Jameel Observatory, Save the Children UK has commissioned a study to better understand what anticipatory action for food crises looks like. Save the Children has been implementing a Community Jameel funded project in Kenya and Somalia that seeks...

Early action gets aid to communities before the vultures arrive

by Jameel Observatory | Dec 9, 2022 | About, Anticipatory Action, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Pastoralism, Save the Children, Somalia, University of Edinburgh

People in drylands sometimes associate humanitarian aid workers with vultures – noticing that they arrive around the same time when animals have already died and the response is too late. A more promising approach is to anticipate droughts and other shocks,...

How livestock data can counter food and climate shocks

by Jameel Observatory | Nov 2, 2022 | Data, Drought, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Livestock

Data and information drive early warning systems that alert policy makers and communities to emerging food and climate shocks.   For communities in arid and dry areas of East Africa, livestock are a critical asset, providing food and livelihoods as well as being...

Anticipatory actions can mitigate future droughts in East Africa’s drylands

by Jameel Observatory | Aug 15, 2022 | Anticipatory Action, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Kenya, News, Somalia

Four consecutive seasons of failed rains have ruined people’s lives and livelihoods in parts of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. A record-breaking fifth below average season is now in the offing, which will push needs even higher by the end of the year....

Livestock insurance for East Africa pastoralists a long term focus of ILRI

by Jameel Observatory | Jul 18, 2022 | Eastern Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Livestock, Partners, Pastoralism, Projects, Resilience, Somalia

The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action combines the local knowledge and concerns of communities facing on-the-ground threats of hunger with innovations in data science and humanitarian action;  teaming up to devise solutions that can help predict,...