Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action
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Based at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, we are an international partnership led by the University of Edinburgh collaborating with the International Livestock Research Institute, Save the Children, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and Community Jameel. See more outputs at: https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/38135
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Item The moral economy behind the commoditisation of camel milk in northern Kenya(Journal Article, 2025-06-06) Mohamed, Tahira Shariff; Nori, MicheleItem Voices from below: prospects, challenges and opportunities in camel production in an uncertain drylands(Presentation, 2025-05) Mohamed, Tahira ShariffItem Resilience in practice: Re-examining social assistance and collective solidarity for climate change adaptation(Conference Paper, 2025-06) Mohamed, Tahira ShariffItem Impacts of consumption tracking and tailored feedback on meeting nutritional recommendations: a longitudinal regression discontinuity study(Journal Article, 2025-05-23) Jensen, Nathaniel D.; Lepariyo, Watson; Alulu, Vincent; Sibanda, SimbarasheBackground Malnutrition continues to have large and negative impacts on millions of people. Lack of nutrition education and access to accurate information can be large barriers to healthy eating. Methods In this paper, we causally tested if providing participants with consumption tracking information accompanied by tailored messaging that referenced internationally recognized dietary guidelines improved their consumption patterns. To do so, we developed a smartphone application that participants used to record their consumption and that of their children. Those self-recorded data were then used to provide the participants with tailored feedback by comparing their recorded consumption against recommended consumption patterns. The causal impacts of the tailored feedback were estimated using a regression discontinuity estimation strategy and validated using alternative empirical strategies and a parallel dataset collected from the same participants by Community Health Volunteers. Results We found that the informational and feedback treatments improved consumption patterns of the caregivers and their children. Specifically, once caregivers began receiving tracking information and tailored feedback on their children’s diet, their children’s likelihood of meeting the minimum dietary threshold increased by at least 23 percentage points. An analogous, although smaller and less precisely estimated, effect on the caregivers’ consumption was caused by providing them with tracking and feedback information on their own consumption. To verify these findings, we tested for the same effects using a parallel dataset collected by Community Health Volunteers from the same participants at the same period. The results of these analysis remained consistent with those estimated from self-recorded data but showed smaller effect sizes. Tests for persistence of the effects found no loss in impacts over the remaining months of the project. Conclusions These findings show that improving access to information on recommended consumption and providing easy methods for tracking own performance against those recommendations can improve consumption patterns while also demonstrating that low-cost, light-touch approaches can be effective for collecting related data and delivering such services.Item Ethiopian Red Cross Society contributions to EW4ALL Pillar 4 - Preparedness to Respond to Warnings(Presentation, 2025-05) Getachew, MihreteabPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Anticipatory Action Works: Moving from crisis response to risk management(Presentation, 2025-05) Wogderes, AbiyPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Impact of livestock vaccination in response to humanitarian crises in dryland pastoral areas: Preliminary findings(Presentation, 2025-05) Temesgen, WuduItem Resilient African Feed and Fodder Systems (RAFFS) Project(Presentation, 2025-05) MacOpiyo, LabanPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Earth Observation for Rangeland Intelligence: Mapping, Monitoring, Managing(Presentation, 2025-05) Paliwal, AmbicaPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Data-Driven Advisory Platforms for Ethiopia: Climate Information Access and Use(Presentation, 2025-05) Ahmed, Jemal SeidPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Integrating earth observation and other data sources for pastoralist and stakeholder's early action(Presentation, 2025-05) Alemayehu, SintayehuPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Weather and Climate Information Services for Pastoralists: Notes from an evidence review and distillation workshop, Nairobi, 18-19 March 2025(Report, 2025-04) Mercy Corps; Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early ActionItem Building Pastoralist Resilience to Shocks and Disaster Risks: VSF Germany Experiences(Presentation, 2025-05) Bekele, AbayPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Strengthening Last-Mile Capacity in Ethiopia: Climate Education for Resilience(Presentation, 2025-05) Belay, BerhanuPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Harvesting resilience: Community perspectives on early warning systems in Ethiopia(Presentation, 2025-05) Walker, Aurelie; SheikhBihi Adam, AbdulfatahPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item The Drylands of Tomorrow: Pathways to Prosperity(Presentation, 2025-05) Derbyshire, Samuel F.Presented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item RESTORE: Introducing the project on restoration of livestock systems in drought and conflict affected areas of Ethiopia(Presentation, 2025-05) Gizaw, SolomonItem Anticipatory Action: Ethiopian Red Cross EAP activations(Presentation, 2025-05) Getachew, MihreteabPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Livestock markets and resilient drylands(Presentation, 2025-05) Shikuku, Kelvin MashisiaPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025Item Harvesting resilience - setting the Stage: How can we bridge the disconnects between food security, climatic and natural disaster Early Warning Systems and the anticipatory actions that pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the Horn of Africa can take?(Presentation, 2025-05) Lazarus, BrendaPresented at the Jameel Observatory drylands food security and resilience early action research and evidence dialogue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15-16 May 2025