The Impact of Community Based Conservation on Pastoralist’s Climate Change Adaptation

The Arid and Semi-Arid lands of Northern Kenya constitute about 80% of the country’s land mass and are inhabited by pastoralists–communities that predominantly rely on mobile livestock…

Continue reading

Projected climate change and its potential impact on cattle in Kajiado County

Globally, pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities are amongst the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (Thornton et al., 2009). Increasing climate variability and extreme events will affect livestock…

Continue reading

Agricultural Commercialisation Pathways: Climate Change and Agriculture

Given the highly climate-sensitive character of agricultural production, climate change  has obvious and important ramifications for agricultural commercialisation, which  in turn has a bearing on…

Continue reading

Gendered Impacts of Covid19

In the context that we live in, risks abound and are systemic in nature. Proliferating risks are emerging in ways never anticipated before. We now live in…

Continue reading

Decolonising Academic Collaboration

As debates on the colonial legacies in South North academic collaboration continue, there is a  persistent need to address the structures of  inequality in research partnerships from…

Continue reading

Gender and Beyond: Creating Innovative Strategies for Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation Among Small-Scale Producers in Africa

On February 15, 2024, the Advancing Climate Adaptation with Meso-Level Integration (ACAMI) project held a virtual convening (link to recording

Continue reading

Techno-policy spaces for e-cooking in Kenya

Introduction Cooking in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) provides a strategic entry point towards catalysing the  adoption of clean, affordable, and sustainable energy in line with SDG 7….

Continue reading

Understanding knowledge systems and what works to promote science technology and innovation in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda -insights from the Knowledge Systems Innovation Project (K…

Summary Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) is a key enabler for transformation in achieving Tanzania’s vision  2025, the country’s long-term framework for development. The vision places…

Continue reading

Climate Finance in Kenya

Introduction Climate Finance (CF) is critical to Kenya’s full realisation of  the policy goals as set out in the sustainable development  goals (SDGs), the 2015 Paris…

Continue reading

Contextualising Pathways to Resilience in Kenya’s ASALs under the Big 4 Agenda

Background Arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) are  characterised as areas with 150mm to 550mm  of rainfall annually and often very high  temperatures…

Continue reading