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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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  • Reframing aid and resilience
A woman stands in front of a blue sky
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.
A UN soldier with a gun patrols a camp as children walk by
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.
A man walks down a path, leading his herd of goats
Technical report

This report looks at general lessons about the development model and theory of change, and its appropriateness for pastoral economies.
Camels drink from a trough under white clouds and blue sky
Policy brief

This brief explores how to best manage risks associated with permanent water supplies in arid and semi-arid lands in the Horn of Africa.
A man on a bicycle rides through flood murky waters into the distance
Policy brief

In advance of the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, SPARC researchers have prepared three draft discussion documents drawing on six years of SPARC research.
People at the central market in Kutum, in pre-war Darfur.
Issue brief

This brief provides an overview of how trade and markets in Darfur have adapted, positively and negatively, to the conflict since full-scale war broke out in April 2023.
Trucking goods over long distances and non-tarmac roads. © Wirestock Creators / shutterstock
Issue brief

This brief provides an overview of the effect of the war and the subsequent embargo imposed by the Rapid Support Forces on regular trade into and out of areas it controls, with a focus on Darfur.
Several goats drink from a trough
Technical report

This retrospective study examines the longer-term impacts of three interventions in Turkana, Kenya, six years after a project ended.

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