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Photovoice project shows pastoralist perspectives on prosperity and resilience
Young pastoralists in northern Kenya illustrate opportunities and challenges of camel keepers and producers
Re-thinking anticipatory action: Insights from the first Eastern Africa Dialogue Platform
Tahira Mohamed and George Tsitati reflect on anticipatory action as a disaster risk management approach
Introducing Jameel Observatory student – Reason Mlambo
Reason Mlambo is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Geosciences and the Satellite Data in Environmental Science Centre for Doctoral Training
Research ‘accelerator’ projects tackle food security early action in drylands
Three new projects will carry out short-term ‘actionable’ research on food security early action in pastoral areas of East Africa
Drylands, environment climate – doctoral training at the University of Edinburgh
Apply to join our projects through the Edinburgh University Doctoral Training Partnership
Harvesting resilience – early warning field work begins in Kenya and Ethiopia
Field research for our impact collaboration on demand-responsive early warning systems starts in in Ethiopia and Kenya
Research accelerator project enhancing multi-hazard resilience in Ethiopia
Project recommends effective, locally relevant early warning systems and anticipatory action strategies.
Research accelerator project on future earth observation systems for drought management
Research to identify next generation earth observation services and tools for East Africa’s drylands
Drought warnings save lives, what about livelihoods?
Rahma Hassan and Sam Derbyshire explore when and how anticipatory actions can best meet the needs of pastoralist communities
Research accelerator project improving early warning on child malnutrition in Kenya
A project to improve early warning of food insecurity as part of Kenya’s drought monitoring services
Examining the long term impacts of catastrophic drought insurance
Nathan Jensen presented research on the long term impacts of drought insurance on pastoral households in Kenya and Ethiopia
Drylands capacity development education framework now available
Framework released to guide joint capacity development for dryland food security early warning/early action