In a blog post for the University of Edinburgh, Nathan Jensen, Senior Research Fellow at the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, and research lead for the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action, outlines some of the challenges facing communities in the drylands, and some of the activities of the Jameel Observatory intended to help.
Working as part of the Jameel Observatory, our experts are seeking to address the challenges of hunger and malnutrition in dryland areas by merging local knowledge with innovations in data science and humanitarian action.
By leveraging the insights of communities facing on-the-ground threats, the Observatory aims to predict, prepare for and overcome climate-related food security issues.
Their efforts are centred on using data and other evidence to anticipate and mitigate environmental shocks and the impacts of climate change, thereby safeguarding human and environmental well-being.
