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,...
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,...
by Peter Ballantyne | Oct 29, 2021 | Climate Change, Data, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Pastoralism, Resilience
The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action brings together leading research and humanitarian agencies to help tackle the growing threat to people in the world’s drylands posed by the increasing severity and frequency of climate-related disasters. As a first...
by Jameel Observatory | Sep 21, 2021 | Climate Change, Data, Drylands, Early Action, Food Security, News, Pastoralism, Resilience
The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action has been created to help tackle the growing threat to people in the world’s drylands posed by the increasing severity and frequency of climate-related disasters. The new venture brings together leading research and...