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Technical report

This report explores the perspectives of agro-pastoralist men and women in Toch East and Pathuon West Payams on how flooding and conflict impact their lives and livelihoods.
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Technical report

This report assesses the status of livestock mobility, arterial routes, infrastructure and services in Ethiopia and Kenya. It sets out recommendations to preserve these vital dryland arteries.
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Policy brief

This brief highlights key learnings for policymakers from research that explores the causal impact of two intervention models designed to support pastoralists in Ethiopia and Kenya.

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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

SPARC, ICPALD and JO conference in Nairobi, October 2025

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Six years of SPARC showed that the most valuable insights came not from methods alone, but from how people learned together.
Flooding in Bor, Jonglei state, South Sudan. Credit: Elphas Ngugi / SPARC
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SPARC has six years of experience carrying out research and collecting meaningful data in some of the world’s most fragile places.
 

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