New forecast tool gives countries edge against desert locust invasions
The tool is the latest in a series to apply satellite data to agricultural purposes
Routes to resilience: insights from BRACED year 2
Two years into the implementation of BRACED, this report collates and synthesises evidence from BRACED projects, to understand how projects are building resilience.
As droughts worsen, Kenyan herders revive ancient grazing system
Can traditional "Dedha" councils effectively manage disputes and keep the community's cattle alive?
What is BRACED?
This short animation explains what the BRACED programme is all about.
Drought-hit Kenyan women trade their way out of poverty
"We need to stop relying on food distribution and aid money, and create more sustainable, life-long solutions"
Disasters journal special edition: Building resilience from the ground up
Drawing on BRACED, this special issue of Disasters reflects on resilience-building in some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries and contexts.
Shaking up farming in rural Nepal
Farmers in rural Nepal are plagued by extreme poverty resulting from recurring disasters like droughts, floods and earthquakes. How can they build resilience?
Tanzanian herders, hit by drought, trade firewood for food
Rangelands threatened further as pastoralists struggling to graze animals sell firewood so their families can eat
As pastoralist land shrinks, Maasai women take livestock lead
Maasai women gain a bigger role in livestock raising, once the domain of men
Shaking up farming in Nepal
Climate-smart agriculture and vegetable cooperatives are boosting incomes in weather-hit Nepal