Collaborate for impact – Help tackle drought and food security ‘early warning to early action’ gaps in the Horn of Africa

by Jameel Observatory | May 19, 2023 | Anticipatory Action, Data, Data for Children Collaborative, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Impact Collaborations, Projects

Together with the Data for Children Collaborative at the University of Edinburgh, we seek individuals and organizations to join us in an impact collaboration to find answers to the question: “How can we bridge the disconnects between food security, climatic and...

Producing time series for country-level childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality

by Jameel Observatory | May 1, 2023 | Bangladesh, Children, Climate Change, Data, Data for Children Collaborative, Impact Collaborations, Nutrition, Projects, University of Edinburgh

In 2022, the Observatory partnered with the Data for Children Collaborative in an impact collaboration process to investigate how we can best produce a time series of childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality, survey timings and climate impacts. Here,...

Introducing Jameel Observatory student – Michael Renfrew

by Jameel Observatory | Feb 3, 2023 | Data, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Livestock, People, Research, University of Edinburgh

As part of its matchmaking approach that devises data-driven early action food security solutions for dry areas, the Jameel Observatory supports researchers looking for answers that pastoral communities can use to overcome climate changes. Observatory Students combine...

Partnerships and data central to Jameel Observatory’s strategy

by Jameel Observatory | Dec 7, 2022 | About, Data, Data-Driven Initiative, Partnership, University of Edinburgh

The Jameel Observatory is one of many projects linked to the Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative at the University of Edinburgh and Heriot Watt University as part of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region deal. In its first annual review, the DDI...

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...

Producing time series data on childhood wasting

by Jameel Observatory | Oct 31, 2022 | Children, Climate Change, Data, Data for Children Collaborative, Impact Collaborations, Nutrition, Projects, University of Edinburgh

Child wasting is a key Sustainable Development Goal target and indicator. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, 47 million children were already wasted (a life-threatening form of malnutrition). However, in specific countries, survey results on wasting have a variance of...