Disaster risk reduction in the drylands of the Horn of Africa

Author(s)
Editors: de Jode, H. & Tilstone, V.
Publication language
English
Pages
52pp.
Date published
01 Dec 2011
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disaster risk reduction, Food and nutrition, Livelihoods, Disasters, Drought, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Organisations
Oxfam

 

RESPONDING TO DROUGHT
Using food aid to stimulate local markets 2
Measuring household resilience and adaptive capacity 6
A community DRR plan promotes resilience 8
Reciprocal grazing agreements 10
An innovative community based early warning system 12
The importance of gender in drought and DRR 16
BUILDING RESILIENT LIVELIHOODS
Surveying pastoralist dropouts 20
Value-added livestock marketing 22
Group Saving and Loans in Mandera 26
Beach Management Units 28
Connecting with change 29
The Forgotten Billion 33
POLICY SOLUTIONS
The Nairobi Strategy to eradicate drought emergencies 34
Linking Relief and Development 36
Uganda’s Rangeland Management Policy 37
Uganda Pastoralist Week 2011 38
Kenya’s National Drought Management Authority 40
Ethiopia’s Disaster Risk Management - Agriculture Task Force 42
Scaling up access to pastoralist education 44
The priorities for drylands recovery and development 46