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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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Dinka herder demonstrating other uses of soot from the fire in Jonglei, South Sudan - Image by Kuch Maluk
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In this blog, we share how our research with Dinka pastoralists in South Sudan is deepening our understanding of ways to build gender-responsive climate resilient communities.
Woman with mobile phone in Kenya - Image by J Mulwa/Mercy Corps
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Our blog explores what tech firms, agroproducers, private sector actors, government, Non-Governmental Organisations and donors need to know about the impact of social media in the drylands.
A group of women stand together looking concerned
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In the month in which International Women’s Day is celebrated, Katharine Vincent gives an update on SPARC and IDRC-funded projects promoting gender equality in African countries.
Poster of webinar on opportunities for digital financial and information services to build resilience in Nigeria
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Digital financial and information services can transform the livelihoods of agroproducers in Nigeria. This blog - based on a SPARC, Dalberg Research and Mercy Corps AgriFin webinar - explains how.
The back of a woman's head as she watched some footage on a mobile phone she's holding
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Digital financial and information services can transform the livelihoods of agro producers across Ethiopia. This blog - based on a SPARC, Dalberg Research and Mercy Corps AgriFin event - explains how.
A young girl wearing a shawl over her head carries a bucket as she walls passed some tents
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What do aid practitioners need to do to engage more seriously with context? Simon Levine unpacks the key lessons from SPARC's new report.
A farmer in Menz, Ethiopia gets help from her 10 year old daughter in keeping her sheep.
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SPARC’s Director reflects on what is most needed to support climate resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East.
SPARC Dalberg Research and MercyCorps AgriFin webinar on the role of digital financial and information services to support producer livelihoods in Kenya
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How can digital financial and information services support producer livelihoods in Kenya? This blog shares key highlights from a joint SPARC, Dalberg Research and Mercy Corps AgriFin webinar.
A mother leads her goats to pasture in the drought-afflicted Somali region of Ethiopia, 2022. Credit UNICEF Ethiopia Mulugeta Ayene. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED
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Somalia’s experiences can help us understand the obstacles which other conflict-affected countries face in terms of accessing and using climate finance – and how they can be overcome.

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