Women In Agriculture & Rural Livelihoods
Women, Coffee and Climate
Modern Day Slavery
P/CVE Project
Migrating out of Poverty - Ethiopia
ELLA Project
Call for Youth Researcher
Call for Youth Researcher (ICRW)
5S Ethiopia
COYOQA
Decolonizing Knowledge Systems
CBHI Project
This is one of OSSREA’s research projects that focus on critical issues currently exerting a substantial drag on the social and economic development of the continent.
Objectives:
- Elaborate the post-conflict situation and propose the process of reconstruction vis-à-vis different classes of societies in each country;
- Identify the terms and settlements needed to ensure a peaceful continuity of the recovery and development process; and
- Identify the kind of programs needed in each country to rehabilitate the repatriated groups, including settlement areas, required assistance, and potential actors in the recovery and development process.
Objectives
- To review the current status of pastoralists in the Horn of Africa;
- To review the various development interventions and research focus areas;
- To review studies on post-drought recovery strategies;
- To identify further research and policy implications on post-drought recovery strategies in the Horn of Africa.
Objectives
- To estimate the current extent of cross-border trade in the Horn;
- To identify the role (if any) of cross-border trade in enhancing food security and regional comparative advantage in the border sites;
- To identify the informal and formal financial arrangements for cross-border trade (especially in livestock) and in what ways cross-border trade generates capital for other activities;
- To understand how different actors (traders, middlemen, sellers) in the marketing chain manage risks associated with imperfect information, limited credit, unstable market and political conditions, and high and volatile transport costs;
- To know in what ways social/non-economic variables (informal social networks, ethnicity, and other variables) help actors cope with uncertainty and risk; and
- To identify the major policy and other constraints inhibiting cross-border trade in the region.
The Dryland Husbandry Project (DHP) - was initiated in response to the problems of severe drought, famine, deteriorating socio-economic conditions, land degradation, and inappropriate pastoral development policies that contributed to declining standards of living among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. People in the Horn of Africa lost their resilience to short- as well as long-term natural disasters. Inter- and intra-state conflicts and civil wars have also disrupted agricultural and livestock production. Vast number of displaced people and refugees are distributed across Inter-Governmental Authority in Development (IGAD) member state.