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Publications and resources

Explore SPARC’s publications and resources as we create, distil, evaluate and share evidence and best practice on research and policy that aims to support pastoralists and farmers in dryland areas.

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Audio and podcasts

Dynamic Drylands is SPARC's podcast which explores new ways of thinking about aid, development and resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East.
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Policy brief

This report explores ways in which economically empowered pastoralist women initiate and or adopt innovations at a personal and communal level.

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  • Gender equality and social inclusion
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Technical report

The report explores the role of women in farmer-herder conflict, based on case studies from Sudan and Nigeria.
Gombe pastoralist woman collects firewood next to herd of cows
Technical report

This report explores the role of youth in farmer-herder conflict, based on case studies from Sudan and Nigeria.
Un groupe de femmes se rassemble sous un arbre par une journée ensoleillée
Technical report

Ce rapport évalue comment l'accès à la terre peut constituer un levier de résilience pour les réfugiés, notamment pour les ménages dirigés par les femmes soudanaises réfugiées dans l'est du Tchad.
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Policy brief

This brief shares lessons from locally led action research on women’s empowerment among pastoralists in Nigeria and South Sudan.
A pastoralist moves his livestock through Ganawuri town, Nigeria. Credit: Elphas Ngugi/SPARC

A pastoralist moves his livestock through Ganawuri town, Nigeria. Credit: Elphas Ngugi/SPARC

Flagship report

This resource catalogue collates all of the work published across SPARC's six-year run.
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Toolkit

Using interviews with more than 1,200 pastoralists, this guide will help journalists make their reporting on pastoralism more nuanced and accurate.
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SPARC partner publication

This report explores two questions: Why invest in adolescent girls’ wellbeing and resilience in the fragile drylands of East and West Africa? And what works to support their wellbeing and resilience?
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SPARC partner publication

This policy brief explores the use of satellite remote sensing data to understand the impacts of the conflict in Sudan on market activity and agricultural production throughout the country.
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Journal article

This journal article evaluates KAZNET, a crowdsourcing initiative that collects and shares near-real-time data about livestock markets, forage conditions, and food security in Kenya’s drylands.

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