Disaster risk reduction in the drylands of the horn of Africa

Good practice examples from the ECHO drought cycle management partners and beyond:

This first issue identifies how disaster risk reduction (DRR) can work in practice in unforgiving dryland environments—where historically development efforts have been limited. It presents selected examples of good practice in DRR that have been brought together for sharing across the ECHO DCM partners and with other interested agencies.

It is aimed at building preparedness and viable responses amongst dryland communities, pushing them higher up the development and investment agendas, and ensuring that the livelihoods of these millions of highly productive people can be maintained and expanded for the benefit of East Africa and the Horn as a whole.