dryland futures academy
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Drylands, environment climate – doctoral training at the University of Edinburgh
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Apply to join our projects through the Edinburgh University Doctoral Training Partnership
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Harvesting resilience – early warning field work begins in Kenya and Ethiopia
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Field research for our impact collaboration on demand-responsive early warning systems starts in in Ethiopia and Kenya
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Research accelerator project enhancing multi-hazard resilience in Ethiopia
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Project recommends effective, locally relevant early warning systems and anticipatory action strategies.
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Research accelerator project on future earth observation systems for drought management
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Research to identify next generation earth observation services and tools for East Africa’s drylands
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Drought warnings save lives, what about livelihoods?
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Rahma Hassan and Sam Derbyshire explore when and how anticipatory actions can best meet the needs of pastoralist communities
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Research accelerator project improving early warning on child malnutrition in Kenya
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A project to improve early warning of food insecurity as part of Kenya’s drought monitoring services
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Examining the long term impacts of catastrophic drought insurance
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Nathan Jensen presented research on the long term impacts of drought insurance on pastoral households in Kenya and Ethiopia
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Drylands capacity development education framework now available
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Framework released to guide joint capacity development for dryland food security early warning/early action
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Pastoralism and planetary health the focus of dryland curriculum design workshop
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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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East Africa dialogue examines anticipatory action policies and practice
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In October 2024, the Observatory co-sponsored the first Eastern Africa Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Action
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How compounding shocks impact food security and resilience
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An update on our research with Cornell University on household outcomes in the face of multiple shocks
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Anticipatory action in protracted crises – research insights from East Africa
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Save the Children research reveals critical elements in anticipatory action effectiveness
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