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In April, our Second Drylands Summer School challenged old misconceptions and offered more grounded viiews on drylands

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The Kenya government just launched a climate risk management curriculum for its extensionists

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On 2 October, KSG and the University of Edinburgh agreed to advance collaboration through the Dryland Futures Academy

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At the ‘Building the Resilience and Prosperity of Pastoralists and Dryland Communities’ dialogue, we explored capacity opportunities for dryland stakeholders

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We joined the ‘AICCRA project to develop the livestock component of an agricultural extension curriculum.

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In February 2025, East Africa students examine and discuss local constructs of resilience in the drylands

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Framework released to guide joint capacity development for dryland food security early warning/early action

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A Garissa-Edinburgh team agreed to co-create a short online course on Pastoralism and Planetary Health

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The Observatory partnered in the second Drylands Summer School on agrosilvopastoral systems

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In May, we brought together drylands capacity development providers and users to co-design a Dryland Futures Academy education framework