Annual report 2024-25: Emerging messages from early action research
Introduces key insights emerging from our research – pastoralist naratives, anticipatory action, local knowledge
Pastoralists and refugees: livelihood and kinship across shifting contexts
Our fourth Pastoralism and Drylands Development Seminar featured Fred Ikanda and Samuel Derbyshire
Community-based anticipatory action in the Borana Zone of southern Ethiopia
Our ‘research accelerator project’ recommends ways to strengthen anticipatory action systems
Social assistance, moral economy and pastoralist resilience
Tahira Mohamed calls for humanitarian and development interventions to combine the best of external and local actions
Anticipatory action opportunities for pastoralist areas in the Horn of Africa
Key messages on anticipatory action for drylands and pastoralist communities in the Horn of Africa
Camel milk marketing in Kenya underpinned by a moral economy
Tahira Mohamed and Michele Nori explored socioeconomic networks and daily practices involved in camel milk marketing in Kenya
Rethinking vulnerability and humanitarian assistance in the pastoral drylands
Our third Pastoralism and Drylands Development Seminar featured Dr Rahma Hassan
Co-creating a research agenda for localized anticipatory action in Somalia
Earlier this year, we joined Save the Children to develop an anticipatory action research agenda in Somalia.
Growing dryland futures in the Horn of Africa: Notes from an informal policy discussion
On 10 April 2025, we and partners explored priority narratives and actions for drylands in the Horn of Africa
Addis Ababa dialogue examines dryland early action and resilience lessons
On 15 and 16 May we convened a drylands early action research and evidence dialogue in Addis Ababa.