Our eighth Pastoralism and Drylands Development seminar featured Ian Scoones
The politics of anticipation in East Africa’s rangelands
Tahira Mohamed contributed to a chapter exploring how uncertain futures are framed and negotiated in pastoral areas of Ethiopia and Kenya
Machine learning forecasts of child malnutrition integrated into Kenya early warning system
The work of our University of California project partners is highlighted at the 2026 One Health Summit in France
Resilience in protracted crises: Navigating uncertainty in the drylands
A special issue of Disasters explores causes and effective responses to protracted crises across Africa
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
Prosopis – parable of plenty for Kenya’s drylands
Samuel Derbyshire likens the spread of Prosopis – a shrub meant to end hunger – to visions of dryland progress in Kenya
Social assistance, moral economy and pastoralist resilience
Tahira Mohamed calls for humanitarian and development interventions to combine the best of external and local actions
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