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Livelihoods and basic service support in the drylands of the Horn of Africa
This technical brief was commissioned by the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought in the Horn of
Africa as one of a series of briefs. The Technical Consortium was established to support the Intergovernmental ...
A review of existing analytical frameworks, metrics and outcomes designed to measure enhanced resilience in the Horn of Africa
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Gaps in spatial data for social, ecological and economic systems
The development and trialling of composite indicators, the pilot spatial tool and
indicators for use in Monitoring and Evaluation has resulted in evidential gaps in
the data. This summary paper documents these initial gaps ...
Modeling livestock feed and fodder availablity in the ASALs of the IGAD region
In the arid parts of Africa there is a strong relationship between rainfall and plant production. This is especially prevalent in areas that receive less than 300mm rain per annum, where water is the principal limiting ...
Disaster risk reduction management in the drylands in the Horn of Africa
This technical brief is part of a series prepared by experts for the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought
in the Horn of Africa.
Polly Ericksen on healthy people, resilient systems
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Development of a pilot composite index using data from the IGAD region
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report details one methodology that the TC has piloted to try to respond to this
challenge. The TC has formulated composite indices from weighted resilience
indicators and this brief summarises process of development ...
The Economics of Land Degradation in Africa_Benefits of Action Outweigh the Costs_A complementary report to the ELD Initiative
Land degradation and desertification are among the biggest environmental challenges of our time. In the last 40 years, we lost nearly a third of the world’s arable farmland due to erosion, just as the number of people to ...