Livelihoods from Floods

Lake Malawi: The Vanishing Blessing

Lake Malawi: The Vanishing Blessing Blogpost by: Blessings Jeranji Shores of lake Malawi, everyday business Malawi as a country has … Continued

Gash the traveler

Gash – The Traveler Blogpost by Ahmed A. Bagi Alamin She starts her journey in Asmara City, and she always … Continued

Creating opportunity out of a problem: the hidden cotton plant

Creating opportunity out of a problem: the hidden cotton plant Blogpost by Celestine Kilongosi Calotropis procera tree is one among … Continued

Starving the Tihama: Impact of War on Spate Irrigation Systems in Yemen

by Adel Zolail and Frank van Steenbergen For reasons no one can explain, a war has been raging in Yemen … Continued

Resolving the Drought Puzzle in Northern Kenya

Resolving the Drought Puzzle in Northern Kenya Posted by Elly Arukulem Yaluk April 28, 2017 Drought haunts pastoral livelihoods in Masol, … Continued

King Capillary: The Miracle Water Buffer

King Capillary: The Miracle Water Buffer Posted by Matthijs Kool, Abraham Mehari Haile, Karim Nawaz and Frank van Steenbergen December … Continued

Prepared for a wet year?

By Madiha Al-Junaid (This article was written during the rainy time this summer, July and August. At that time Yemen … Continued

Kingdoms of Spate

Like in other Kingdoms of the world, the Raya-valley farmers have their own rulers, the Kings of Spate. These … Continued

Eye on the Dry

By Frank van Steenbergen, Yasir Abbas Mohamed, Abraham Mehari Haile May 7, 2015 Small Water tank in Gash Die This is … Continued

How the British did it better

by Usman Qazi In a relentless pursuit of growth and development, the Pakistani state has ignored colonial-era strategies—that took natural risks, … Continued

Spate Irrigation: Lessons for Adaptive Management of a Variable Climate

COP 17 is quietly underway in Durban, South Africa. Compared to previous rounds of global climate negotiations, there has been … Continued

Livelihoods from Floods

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