Briefing Notes
One means of sharing information via the network is through a series of briefing notes. These briefings are intended to contribute scientifically robust evidence to better inform debate among policymakers and the Kenyan and Ethiopian publics. Briefing notes can be found below and are freely available, but please cite accordingly.
Further Details: For further information about the briefing notes please contact the Series Editors, Jennifer Hodbod and Jed Stevenson, via: oturn@msu.eduOTuRN Briefing Note #1: The Kuraz Sugar Development Project
Author: Benedikt Kamski, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, University of Freiburg (Germany).
Published: June 2016
Citation: Kamski, B (2016). The Kuraz Sugar Development Project (Briefing Note #1). In Omo-Turkana Research Network Briefing Notes, edited by J. Hodbod & E.G.J. Stevenson. East Lansing, MI: OTuRN.
OTuRN Briefing Note #2: Multiple environmental shocks impacting livelihoods and food security in Nyangatom, the Lower Omo, Ethiopia
Authors: Emma J. Tebbs, Jennifer Hodbod, David-Paul Pertaub, Fana Gebresenbet, Edward G. J. Stevenson, Kristofer Chan, Mercy Fekadu Mulugeta.
Published: May 2019
This research was carried out as part of the ESRC/DFID funded project ‘Shifting In/equality Dynamics in Ethiopia: from Research to Application’ (SIDERA) (Grant Ref: ES/R002460/1), which aims to understand the links between environmental change, poverty, and conflict in the Lower Omo.
Citation: Tebbs, E., Hodbod, J., Pertaub, D-P., Gebresenbet, F., Stevenson, E.G.J., Chan, K. and Mulugeta, M.F. (2019). Multiple environmental shocks impacting livelihoods and food security in Nyangatom, the Lower Omo, Ethiopia (Briefing Note #2). In Omo-Turkana Research Network Briefing Notes, edited by J. Hodbod & E.G.J. Stevenson. East Lansing, MI: OTuRN.
OTuRN Briefing Note #3: Flood Retreat Agriculture in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Authors: David-Paul Pertaub, Dessalegn Tekle, Edward G. J. Stevenson
Published: May 2019
This research was carried out as part of the ESRC/DFID funded project ‘Shifting In/equality Dynamics in Ethiopia: from Research to Application’ (SIDERA) (Grant Ref: ES/R002460/1), which aims to understand the links between environmental change, poverty, and conflict in the Lower Omo.
Citation: Pertaub, D-P., Tekle, D. and Stevenson, E.G.J. (2019). Flood Retreat Agriculture in the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia (Briefing Note #3). In Omo-Turkana Research Network Briefing Notes, edited by J. Hodbod & E.G.J. Stevenson. East Lansing, MI: OTuRN.
OTuRN Briefing Note #4: Coping Strategies in Nyangatom, Ethiopia
Authors: Jennifer Hodbod, Shubhechchha Sharma, David-Paul Pertaub, Emma J. Tebbs and Kristofer Chan
Published: May 2019
This research was carried out as part of the ESRC/DFID funded project ‘Shifting In/equality Dynamics in Ethiopia: from Research to Application’ (SIDERA) (Grant Ref: ES/R002460/1), which aims to understand the links between environmental change, poverty, and conflict in the Lower Omo.
Citation: Hodbod, J., Sharma, S., Pertaub, D-P., Tebbs, E. and Chan, K. (2019). Coping Strategies in Nyangatom, Ethiopia (Briefing Note #4). In Omo-Turkana Research Network Briefing Notes, edited by J. Hodbod & E.G.J. Stevenson. East Lansing, MI: OTuRN.
OTuRN Briefing Note #5: Violent Conflict Implications of Mega Projects in Nyangatom Woreda, Ethiopia
Authors: Fana Gebresenbet, Mercy Fekadu Mulugeta and Yonas Tariku
Published: May 2019
This research was carried out as part of the ESRC/DFID funded project ‘Shifting In/equality Dynamics in Ethiopia: from Research to Application’ (SIDERA) (Grant Ref: ES/R002460/1), which aims to understand the links between environmental change, poverty, and conflict in the Lower Omo.
Citation: Gebresenbet, F., Mulugeta, M.F. and Tariku, Y. (2019). Violent Conflict Implications of Mega Projects in Nyangatom Woreda, Ethiopia (Briefing Note #5). In Omo-Turkana Research Network Briefing Notes, edited by J. Hodbod & E.G.J. Stevenson. East Lansing, MI: OTuRN.
OTuRN Briefing Note #6: Sugar industry in the Lower Omo: Exploring different scenarios of privatization
Author: Mercy Fekadu Mulugeta, Fana Gebresenbet, Benedikt Kamski
Published: August 2019
This research was carried out as part of the ESRC/DFID funded project ‘Shifting In/equality Dynamics in Ethiopia: from Research to Application’ (SIDERA) (Grant Ref: ES/R002460/1), which aims to understand the links between environmental change, poverty, and conflict in the Lower Omo.
Citation: Mulugeta, M.F., Gebresenbet, F., and Kamski, B. (2019). Sugar industry in the Lower Omo: Exploring different scenarios of privatization. (Briefing Note #6). In Omo-Turkana Research Network Briefing Notes, edited by J. Hodbod & E.G.J. Stevenson. East Lansing, MI: OTuRN.
OTuRN Briefing Note #7: Constructing a Coping Strategies Index for Agro-Pastoralists: Assessing food security in Nyangatom, Ethiopia
Authors: Sarah Slinkman, Jennifer Hodbod, Chris Merchant, Dessalegn Tekle, David-Paul Pertaub, and Jed Stevenson
Published: July 2021
This research was carried out as part of the ESRC/DFID funded project ‘Shifting In/equality Dynamics in Ethiopia: from Research to Application’ (SIDERA) (Grant Ref: ES/R002460/1), which aims to understand the links between environmental change, poverty, and conflict in the Lower Omo.
Citation: Slinkman, S., Hodbod, J., Merchant, C., Dessalegn T., Pertaub, D-P. and Stevenson, E.J.G. (2021). Constructing a Coping Strategies Index for Agro-Pastoralists: Assessing food security in Nyangatom, Ethiopia (Briefing Note #7). In Omo-Turkana Research Network Briefing Notes, edited by J. Hodbod & E.G.J. Stevenson. East Lansing, MI: OTuRN.
OTuRN Briefing Note #8: Environmental uncertainty and livelihood change in Turkana, Kenya
Author: Samuel Derbyshire
Published: April 2022
This research was facilitated by funding from St John’s College, University of Oxford, the National Geographic Society, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, and the British Institute in Eastern Africa.
Citation: OTuRN and SIDERA Briefing Notes are freely available, but please cite accordingly: Derbyshire, S. (2022). Environmental uncertainty and livelihood change in Turkana, Kenya (OTuRN Briefing Note #8). In Omo-Turkana Research Network Briefing Notes, edited by J. Hodbod & E.G.J. Stevenson. East Lansing, MI: OTuRN.