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Milking it? Ethiopian farmers fight drought with insured cows
A project that lends drought-hit farmers money to buy a dairy cow, then insures the animal in case it gets sick, aims to bring in extra income - but some have struggled to make it pay
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India wins praise for 'exemplary' flood relief as community pitches in
Flooding on the scale seen in Kerala could have killed 10 times more people a decade ago, but India's disaster management capacity has improved significantly in that time
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opinion
“That’s not my job!” Responsibility of getting evaluation results into use
Is getting evaluation evidence into use by decision makers the responsibility of those doing the evaluations, or no?
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guides
How does social protection build resilience?
A series of briefings assess evidence from Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia on how large-scale national social protection programmes contribute to resilience.
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Shaking up farming in Nepal
Climate-smart agriculture and vegetable cooperatives are boosting incomes in weather-hit Nepal
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As pastoralist land shrinks, Maasai women take livestock lead
Maasai women gain a bigger role in livestock raising, once the domain of men
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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
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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?
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Reports
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.
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As droughts worsen, Kenyan herders revive ancient grazing system
Can traditional "Dedha" councils effectively manage disputes and keep the community's cattle alive?
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