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Pastoral communities respond to drought – insights and lessons from northern Kenya
Sake Godana Duba’s thesis documents lessons of drought responses in pastoral communities in northern Kenya
Research and convening the focus of Observatory’s third year
The Observatory’s third report covers activities betwen July 2023 and June 2024
Tackling environmental shocks in the drylands
Nathan Jensen introduces the work of the Observatory
Insights from the Field: George Tsitati on community-centric early warning systems
George Tsitati reflects on his research on locally-led anticipatory action
Research for change: The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action
Video introducing the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action
Pastoral resilience: Navigating complexity and managing risks in drylands
Video setting out challenges of dryland and pastoral communities in East Africa
Investment essential to realise benefits of early warning
Nader Diab of Community Jameel argues that investment is essential to maximise early warning systems
Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge and drought early warning
Article exploring Kenya’s experience with early warning, early action and drought management
Observatory’s third community of practice meeting focuses on evidence and capacities
In May 2024, the Observatory convened its third community of practice meeting in Kenya
Improving country-level childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality
Conclusions from the SEASNUT final report on improved child wasting estimates
Integrating humanitarian and resilience building programs for greater impact
On 7 May, our roundtable debated ways to link short-term humanitarian response with long-term resilience
Education Framework drafted for Dryland Futures Academy
In May, we brought together drylands capacity development providers and users to co-design a Dryland Futures Academy education framework