Michael Renfrew is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Mathematics, and the Satellite Data in Environmental Science (SENSE) Centre for Doctoral Training
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Understanding anticipatory action in food crises
Save the Children UK commissioned research services to understand anticipatory action in a food crisis
Early action gets aid to communities before the vultures arrive
Guyo Roba, Gary Watmough, and Stephen Mutiso of the Jameel Observatory explain how they aim to enhance drought preparation through collaboration and action.
How livestock data can counter food and climate shocks
A Livestock Data for Decisions community meeting examined ways to enhance the contributions of livestock data to counter food and climate shocks in the drylands of East Africa.
Using geospatial data to estimate human livelihoods and poverty can help guide priorities
This post introduces ways that geospatial data is used to help assess and target where to allocate resources.
Community engagement and agenda setting the focus of Jameel Observatory’s first year
This post gives a brief update on the various activities carried out to July 2022
Anticipatory actions can mitigate future droughts in East Africa’s drylands
Guyo Roba calls for improved diagnostic and predictive tools, enhanced capacities and expanded multi-year flexible funding for anticipatory action against drought.
Livestock insurance for East Africa pastoralists a long term focus of ILRI
This post introduces regional opportunities to scale out index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) in the Horn of Africa
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