“Tunataka fresh teargas ya 2023 tuskie utamu ya maandamano” – Protesters tell police

British Museum Congratulations to Nkirote M'Mbogori, Juan Ignacio Robles, Tahura Navile, Giancarlo Rolando, Christine Habib, Bruno Pastre Maximo, Renata Peters, Tahereh Rezaei, Samuel Derbyshire, Emily Pott, Raoni Valle, Hasan Ali, Muzayin Nazaruddin, Amira Rahardiani (cont.)

Resilience building is not merely shifting theories, frameworks, programme designs, or actors! It is acknowledging the significance of local practices and embedding these practices in practical implementation of resilience, if food security is to be enhanced.

Tomorrow 8 September, at 1300: Join us at the Actvation tent exploring how dryland communities manage climate shocks through Response, Recovery, Resilience #earlyaction #anticipatoryaction #drought with Tahira S. Mohamed Guyo Malicha Roba, PhD Cynthia mugo and friends

📢 BIG NEWS 📢 A new collection of assets is available on the EMKP's #openaccess repository! EMKP Grantee Samuel Derbyshire spent two years documenting the #materialculture and knowledge of Asapan, the Turkana initiation ceremony. Learn more: emkp.org/apprehending-a…

Did you enjoy learning about the material knowledge of asapan, the Turkana initiation ceremony? Check out @sfederbyshire second EMKP project, which will document the material knowledge of semi-nomadic communities in Kenya's Turkana Basin! 🌍 Read more: ow.ly/K3sK50QcQhw

A new brief from my colleagues and I at the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action at ILRI.org now out, focusing on drought early warning and supporting pastoralists in the drylands hdl.handle.net/10568/138679

New research by @ilri, @jameelobserv & SPARC_Ideas argues that #anticipatoryaction against drought must be better rooted in knowledge systems of local pastoralist communities. Co-authors: Samuel Derbyshire Tahira S. Mohamed Rupsha R Banerjee Rahma hassan Daniel salau Rogei jameelobservatory.org/anticipatory-a…

New ILRI policy brief sets out key problems holding back humanitarian #anticipatoryaction for drought, which is affecting pastoralist livelihoods and economies, based on research by Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action SPARC_Ideas ILRI.org. hdl.handle.net/10568/138679

A new open-access article by my colleagues and I in the journal Africa, exploring the spread of prosopis in Turkana: cambridge.org/core/services/…

“To effectively deliver #anticipatoryaction, we must fix disconnects between decision-making and local contexts, expand use of local knowledge and apply new forms of financing” - Guyo Malicha Roba, PhD ( @jameelobserv head at @ilri ) on a new policy brief: hdl.handle.net/10568/138679

How can we centre pastoralist knowledge in #anticipatoryaction in the drylands? Read the new ILRI.org policy brief, produced by SPARC & @jameelobserv postdocs: buff.ly/3STgnQR Samuel Derbyshire Rupsha R Banerjee

The vulnerability of the dryland populace is not only a function of a changing climate but also a function of historical political, social and economic marginalisation. The backdrop of this marginality has enormously impacted dryland communities.

I shared some intriguing preliminary emerging fertile points from my work on locally-led anticipatory action in East Africa, for building resilience against droughts and floods. I presented my poster at a conference today organized by the University of Edinburgh. AA approach has

New, creative approaches needed for #earlywarning and #anticipatoryaction oriented around local pastoralist drought preparation and mitigation strategies in #Kenya Samuel Derbyshire Tahira S. Mohamed Rupsha R Banerjee Guyo Malicha Roba, PhD ILRI.org SPARC_Ideas doi.org/10.3389/past.2…

A new article on drought, early warning and humanitarian assistance in the drylands: frontierspartnerships.org/articles/10.33…

🌟 New Article Alert! Samuel Derbyshire and colleagues publish "Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge, and early warning: a review of drought management in the drylands, with insights from northern Kenya." 🌍📖 Read here 👉 fro.ntiers.in/2Y6F #OpenAccess #earlywarning #Pastoralism

📖A new article by SPARC researchers Rupsha R Banerjee, Samuel Derbyshire & Tahira S. Mohamed "unravels the history of drought management" in Kenya to find out why so many early warning systems fail to help pastoralists: ⬇️ buff.ly/3zmigOt ILRI.org Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action

Breaking down silos: Towards effective integration of resilience and humanitarian aid in the Horn of Africa Report from our May workshop: hdl.handle.net/10568/151962 by Tahira S. Mohamed Samuel Derbyshire Rupsha R Banerjee and colleagues at ILRI.org #anticipatoryaction #earlyaction