This study builds on earlier SPARC-IDRC research on food prices in Mali and Sudan by looking at subsequent price changes and their drivers, effects, and public responses from 2023 to mid-2025.
This journal article assesses the persistence of pastoral livelihoods despite far-reaching social, political, economic, and technological change over the last 45 years (1975–2020).
This study explores the obstacles to, and opportunities for, Sudanese refugee women in eastern Chad to access land. It examines systemic barriers and how to improve coordination between stakeholders.
This report evaluates AfriScout Steward, a digital app used in Kenya that provides crowd-sourced data on rangelands, and AfriScout Regen, an app that provides intensive grazing support in Ethiopia.
These appendices accompany a report that evaluates AfriScout Steward, a digital app used in Kenya to provide data on rangelands, and AfriScout Regen, an app that provides grazing support in Ethiopia.
This reviews aims to deepen understanding of Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs) in pastoral contexts in SPARC countries in Africa. It describes where and how transformative impacts have occurred.
Reliable weather and climate information services (WCIS) are vital for pastoralists' resilience in drylands. Here we explore what we know about WCIS for pastoralists and what needs to change.
SPARC, ICPALD and JO conference in Nairobi, October 2025
