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Horn of Africa Drylands Summer School Updates

Horn of Africa Drylands Summer School Updates

The call for applications for the February 2025 Summer School on Building Resilience from ...

July 17, 2025crddadmin

Beyond Engineered Resilience: Untapped Opportunities for True Sustainability in the Horn of Africa

Beyond Engineered Resilience: Untapped Opportunities for True Sustainability in the Horn of Africa

Roble Muse and Kelvin Mugambi, March 2025 Why, after years of resilience programming, are ...

July 12, 2025crddadmin

What is the place of Gender in a Resilience from Below narrative?

What is the place of Gender in a Resilience from Below narrative?

Experiences from the Drylands Summer School 2025. By Grace Anyango Ouma Research and polic...

July 12, 2025crddadmin

Beyond the Numbers: Why Qualitative Research is the Key to Understanding Pastoral Resilience

Beyond the Numbers: Why Qualitative Research is the Key to Understanding Pastoral Resilience

Reflections from the Drylands Summer School 2025 Darmi Jattani and Jackson Wachira Pastora...

July 12, 2025crddadmin

Declaration by the Student-Participants of the Dryland Summer School

Declaration by the Student-Participants of the Dryland Summer School

Held from 23rd February -1st March 2025 at Camp Simpirre, Gotu (Isiolo) Kenya Preamble We,...

July 12, 2025crddadmin

Keynote address by Prof. Ian Scoones during the policy convening held on 8th February at the ILRI Campus Nairobi.

Keynote address by Prof. Ian Scoones during the policy convening held on 8th February at the ILRI Campus Nairobi.

I want to give a quick overview of some of the key questions and challenges we face in thi...

May 1, 2024crddadmin

Pastoralists’ high reliability networks are critical for building resilience

Pastoralists’ high reliability networks are critical for building resilience

Despite the devastating impacts of a three-year drought, the resilience inherent in pastor...

April 3, 2024crddadmin

Addressing dryland policy disconnects and their effects on pastoralists in Eastern Africa

Addressing dryland policy disconnects and their effects on pastoralists in Eastern Africa

Facing variability and insecurity due to climate change as well as environmental and human...

February 23, 2024crddadmin

Overcoming policy and practice disconnects to build dryland resilience from below

Overcoming policy and practice disconnects to build dryland resilience from below

CRDD, the Jameel Observatory, and the Feinstein International Centre are convening a dialo...

February 6, 2024crddadmin

Why irrigation needs to think smaller to save Kenyan pastoralism

Why irrigation needs to think smaller to save Kenyan pastoralism

Small-scale, locally-managed irrigation projects that integrate with pastoral livelihoods ...

February 2, 2024crddadmin