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This study examines (1) emergency preparedness and response measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) the feasibility of current Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies for managing compound pandemic-natural hazard events in Sri Lanka.
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This brief sets out some key barriers to be overcome in the humanitarian sphere, highlighting the need for a more tailored approach to anticipatory action in dryland contexts, explicitly oriented toward pastoral economies and livelihoods.
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This article explores the recent history of early warning systems in Kenya, determining key features of the entangled political, technical and conceptual processes that prefigure contemporary drought management there.
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This policy brief shares experiences of using crowdsourced data to observe changes in food security attributable to drought in hard-to-reach and fragile areas of Ethiopia and Kenya.
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This cartoon-infused summary of insights from the Academic Alliance on Anticipatory Action (4As) research project aims to understand the design and implementation of anticipatory action.
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In this framework, FAO has developed a Compendium of experiences and good practices from focus countries, namely Bangladesh, Guatemala, the Niger and Zimbabwe.
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This desk study aims to bridge pastoralist knowledge, local practices, and external interventions by synthesizing literature on pastoral knowledge and practices from the Greater Horn of Africa, Sudano-Sahel regions, and beyond.
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In 2022, the pilot of an anticipatory action framework in Niger, demonstrated that acting early – before people experienced a drought’s full impact – enabled them to preserve land, save livestock and avoid negative coping strategies.

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