Yoseph Shiferaw

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FEINSTEIN PUBLICATIONS

Early Warning and Disaster Response in Karamoja: The need to integrate local knowledge and formal systems

A genuine localized approach to early warning should shift the approach to more of a partnership and co-acceptance of the strengths and weaknesses of indigenous and conventional systems.

Localized Water and Rangeland Management in Karamoja: Lessons from a participatory review

In 2023 the Karamoja Resilience Support Unit conducted a participatory review of rangeland and water issues and facilities in Karamoja.

Water and Rangeland in Karamoja

Water and rangeland resources are the basis for livestock production in pastoralist areas of Africa and therefore have major impacts on pastoral livelihoods. Households with insufficient access to water or…

Harnessing Informal Social Safety Nets for Resilience and Development

This report examines how informal social safety nets operate, the functions they serve, who benefits, and the obligations on community members in North and South Darfur.

Milk Matters

This report presents the findings of two cohort studies assessing the impact of small-scale livestock interventions, designed to sustain access to and availability of animal milk at the household level over the dry season, on the nutritional status of children under 5 years of age.

FEINSTEIN RESEARCH PROJECTS

Recovering in Sudan for Improved Nutrition and Growth (RISING II)

The RISING II operational research analyzes the informal social safety nets—how they function, who benefits from them, and how external support interacts with them—in multiple program areas in Darfur, Sudan.