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SPARC, ICPALD and JO conference in Nairobi, October 2025

SPARC, ICPALD and JO conference in Nairobi, October 2025

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Policy brief

The brief draws upon interviews and participatory workshops to provide practical recommendations on how to implement GTAs in pastoral areas.
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Book

This book brings together contributions from diverse disciplinary perspectives to explore the intersecting themes shaping the future of mobile pastoralism in Africa’s drylands.
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Policy brief

This study investigates pastoralists’ perceptions of the risks they face and how this influences adoption of innovations.

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Flooding in Bor, Jonglei state, South Sudan. Credit: Elphas Ngugi / SPARC
Blog

SPARC has six years of experience carrying out research and collecting meaningful data in some of the world’s most fragile places.
Fish market in Bor, Jonglei state, South Sudan. Credit: Elphas Ngugi / Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)
News

In this article, SPARC researchers reflect on pastoralists and farmers' finely tuned strategies for living with variability - and how external interventions would do better to build on what works.
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Blog

Three lessons for effective procurement in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS).
 

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