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

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

by | 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

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

by | 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,...
Jameel Observatory small project support to University of Edinburgh staff for research on food security early action

Jameel Observatory small project support to University of Edinburgh staff for research on food security early action

by | Apr 28, 2023 | Climate Change, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, News, Projects, Research, University of Edinburgh

To deepen engagement and bring in new skill sets from across the University of Edinburgh, the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action seeks proposals from University of Edinburgh staff to support ot undertake action research on its key themes. The Jameel...
Community engagement, agenda setting and research the main focus of Jameel Observatory’s first year

Community engagement, agenda setting and research the main focus of Jameel Observatory’s first year

by | Aug 31, 2022 | About, Climate Change, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, News, Projects

In September 2021, the University of Edinburgh and partners launched the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action – the Observatory. Involving the University of Edinburgh through its Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, Save the Children UK, the...