by Jameel Observatory | May 27, 2026 | Africa, Anticipatory Action, BIEA, Dialogue, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Food Security, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Pastoralism, Rangelands, Resilience, RVI, SPARC | padd
Our ninth Pastoralism and Drylands Development launches a special issue of the journal ‘Disasters’
by Jameel Observatory | May 15, 2026 | Africa, Anticipatory Action, Dialogue, Drylands, Early Action, Locally Led Action, Pastoralism, Rangelands, Resilience, Rethinking Early Action | GLFAfrica, ResilientRangelands, Samuel Derbyshire, Tahira Mohamed
Last week in Nairobi, the Observatory team and partners contributed to several sessions around dryland resilience and anticipatory action
by Peter Ballantyne | May 14, 2026 | Africa, Anticipatory Action, Dialogue, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ICPALD, ILRI, Local Knowledge, Locally Led Action, Pastoralism, Rangelands, Rethinking Early Action | GLFAfrica, Samuel Derbyshire
At last week’s GLF Africa event, we explored what an ‘abundance’ narrative provides for investors in drylands
by Peter Ballantyne | May 13, 2026 | Africa, Dialogue, Drylands, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Livestock, Pastoralism, Rangelands | GLFAfrica, ResilientRangelands, Tahira Mohamed
Last week’s GLFAfrica event revidewed plans for Kenya’s proposed ‘Camel Centre of Excellence’
by Peter Ballantyne | May 7, 2026 | Africa, Anticipatory Action, Dialogue, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Pastoralism, Rethinking Early Action | GLFAfrica, ResilientRangelands, Samuel Derbyshire
Today’s conversations challenged us to rethink how anticipatory action works for pastoralists in chronically vulnerable drylands
by Peter Ballantyne | May 6, 2026 | Africa, Dialogue, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Locally Led Action, Pastoralism, Rangelands, Resilience, Rethinking Early Action | GLFAfrica, ResilientRangelands, Tahira Mohamed
If resilience is truly about adaptation, then respecting mobility, indigenous knowledge and community-led governance must be central
by Jameel Observatory | Apr 27, 2026 | Africa, AU-IBAR, Earth Observation, Evidence, Forecasting Data, ILRI, Livestock, Nigeria, Research | animal feeds, John Mutua
Satellite-based approaches that map livestock feed supply and demand can guide sector policymaking
by Jameel Observatory | Apr 24, 2026 | Africa, Anticipatory Action, Dialogue, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Livestock, Partnership, Pastoralism, Rangelands, Resilience, Risk Resilience, WHH | GLFAfrica, ResilientRangelands
Resilient Rangelands is the focus of our May 2026 joint pavilion at the GLF Africa event on ‘Stewarding Our Rangelands’
by Jameel Observatory | Apr 20, 2026 | ACIAR, Africa, Capacity Development, Climate Change, CRDD, Drought, Drylands, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, Local Knowledge, Pastoralism, Resilience | dryland futures academy, summer school, Tahira Mohamed
In April, our Second Drylands Summer School challenged old misconceptions and offered more grounded viiews on drylands
by Jameel Observatory | Apr 17, 2026 | BIEA, Dialogue, Pastoralism, Rangelands, RVI | Ian Scoones, IYRP, padd
Our eighth Pastoralism and Drylands Development seminar featured Ian Scoones