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What are the topical and pressing issues, in research and policy that inform programming and funding to support pastoralists and farmers in dryland regions? What are the perspectives and priorities of dryland communities? Read our News articles to keep updated.

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The third episode of Dynamic Drylands podcast series 2 interviews experts about how people in the drylands are coping and adapting in the face of big changes—often without any external support.
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Episode 2 of the Dynamic Drylands podcast interviews experts about aid projects which have unintended results—and why development organisations are so rarely going back to check.
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This episode of Dynamic Drylands podcast interviews two experts about how pastoralists are adapting and innovating in response to changes in the drylands.
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SPARC's new episode of Dynamic Drylands speaks with the women and NGO involved in a new programme, which is training Fulani pastoralist women to conduct research in their own communities.
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Three lessons on how agile collaboration enables rigorous research in tough environments.

Groundnuts were one of Sudan's major cash crops before the war. Credit: Albert González Farran / UNAMID
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As war devastates Sudan, one researcher shares how markets survive, how data is gathered, and why understanding the local situation is key to shaping humanitarian support.
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At this year's LANDac Land Conference, SPARC shared evidence from pastoralists in Sudan, South Sudan and Nigeria on how land governance in drylands can create sustainable, gender-inclusive change.
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SPARC has partnered with the Kenyan government and IGAD to map - for the first time - the country's major livestock routes.
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SPARC scientist Kelvin Shikuku is shortlisted for 2025 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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