by Peter Ballantyne | Oct 7, 2025 | Anticipatory Action, Dialogue, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Forecasting Data, Forecasts, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Mercy Corps, Pastoralism, SPARC | Samuel Derbyshire, Wajir, WCIS
In September, a county-level discussion examined the WCIS landscape and services for pastoralist communities.
by Peter Ballantyne | Oct 6, 2025 | Anticipatory Action, Community of Practice, Dialogue, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ICPALD, Local Knowledge, Locally Led Action, Pastoralism, SPARC | DrylandResilence, PastoralCommunities, PastoralistProsperity
At the ‘Building the Resilience and Prosperity of Pastoralists and Dryland Communities’ dialogue we explored early action of local actors
by Jameel Observatory | Oct 2, 2025 | Anticipatory Action, Climate Change, Community of Practice, Dialogue, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Forecasts, Horn of Africa, ICPALD, ILRI, Kenya, Pastoralism, Report, Resilience, Somalia, SPARC | DrylandResilence, PastoralCommunities, PastoralistProsperity, Susan Njambi-Szlapka
Our 6th face to face community of practice meeting with ICPALD, SPARC and other partners reviewed evidence for action
by Jameel Observatory | Sep 30, 2025 | Africa, Anticipatory Action, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Evidence, Horn of Africa, Livestock, Pastoralism, Research, Uganda, University of Edinburgh | Puff Mukwaya, thesis
Puff Mukwaya’s thesis assesses the effectiveness of drought anticipatory action in Uganda’s agro-pastoral drylands
by Jameel Observatory | Sep 26, 2025 | Dialogue, DLCI, Drylands, Eastern Africa, Financing, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Landesa, Pastoralism, PPG, SDC |
Observatory contributes to round table on responsible investment opportunities across Kenya’s drylands
by Jameel Observatory | Sep 18, 2025 | Drought, Drylands, Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, ILRI, Kenya, Opinion, Pastoralism, Rangelands | prosopis, Samuel Derbyshire
Samuel Derbyshire likens the spread of Prosopis – a shrub meant to end hunger – to visions of dryland progress in Kenya
by Jameel Observatory | Sep 15, 2025 | Anticipatory Action, Data, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Evidence, FAO, Forecasting Data, Horn of Africa, Impact Collaborations, Kenya, Local Knowledge, Locally Led Action, Projects, Report, Research, University of Edinburgh, Urban Foresight | impact collaboration, Nathan Jensen
Desk review outlines challenges and opportunities for community-level early action
by Jameel Observatory | Sep 9, 2025 | Early Warning, Eastern Africa, Evidence, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Local Knowledge, Pastoralism, People, Research, University of Edinburgh | George Tsitati
George Tsitati argues that indigenous and scientfici warning systems are equally important to pastoral communities
by Jameel Observatory | Aug 14, 2025 | Africa, AU-IBAR, Capacity Development, Data, Drylands, Evidence, Forecasts, ILRI, Kenya, Livestock, Nigeria, Research, University of Edinburgh | animal feeds, John Mutua
John Mutua reflects on his work assessing livestock feed demand and supply with ILRI and AU-IBAR
by Jameel Observatory | Jul 21, 2025 | Anticipatory Action, Capacity Development, Community of Practice, Dialogue, Drought, Drylands, Early Action, Eastern Africa, Evidence, Horn of Africa, News, Pastoralism, Projects, Report, Research, Resilience, University of Edinburgh | annual report
Introduces highlights from our research, dialogues and capacity development in 2024 and 2025