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…

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.

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…

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

“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

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/…

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

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

📢 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…

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

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.

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.)

Ready for another inspiring interview with a fascinating early-career researcher? Curious about randomized benchmarking, and its uses in quantum computing?

Keep your eyes peeled on Monday for the next episode of insideQuantum, featuring Dr Ellen Derbyshire of Freie Universität!

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

What is #resilience in pastoral settings? Hussein T. Wario, PhD. and Tahira S. Mohamed explore the question in a workshop in #Marsabit #Kenya

As #COP15 opens, how can #livestock support #biodiversity #conservation ? See our video👇

Great privilege giving a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) tonight alongside Isla Myers-Smith. Arresting too to run into Sir Wilfred Thesiger himself, rendered in bronze, whose donation of photographs taken in Turkana to the Pitt Rivers Museum has played such a monumental role in my research.

Tremendous thanks tonight to Isla Myers-Smith & Samuel Derbyshire for sharing their field research insights exploring our changing world.

Next Monday we're welcoming author and journalist Tharik Hussain at 6.30pm, speaking about Ottoman Muslim Europe 100 years on: orlo.uk/t40KM

Our work in #hydroponic #agriculture is discussed in this BBC article about the ongoing #drought and #FoodInsecurity TURKANA BASIN INSTITUTE Water and Energy for Food 🥬🍅🥬🍉bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…