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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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A woman stands in a field of maize, holding a cob of maize in her hand
Journal article

This paper explores the recent history of early warning systems in Kenya, determining key features of the political, technical and conceptual processes that prefigure contemporary drought management.
Parched land with sky and clouds in the distance
SPARC partner publication

This report, funded by SPARC and prepared at the request of the G20 Presidency, highlights the potential for more rapid progress to eradicate extreme poverty.
 A herd of goats cross a dusty road with a goatherd in the background
Technical report

This consolidated study explores pastoral collective tenure and degrees of tenure security in pastoral systems in Kenya, Sudan and Burkina Faso.
A young man stands outside looking at his phone with a herd of livestock around him
Technical report

This brief introduces AfriScout, a digital app that shows potential for mitigating some of the challenges pastoralists face by providing them with information to make more informed decisions.
Two women sit together inside, one is looking down at a notebook she is holding
Technical report

This is the third in a series of longitudinal studies into the political, socioeconomic and environmental issues facing pastoralists and agropastoralists in Hayin Ade and Wuro Alhaji Idrissa Bappate.
 A man walks behind a herd of goats in drylands
Evidence review

This report, commissioned midway through SPARC’s six-year run, synthesises the programme's work in the period 2020 to mid-2023.
 A man dressed in white, is bent over, tending to crops in a green field with palm trees in the background
SPARC partner publication

This report combines findings from a scoping visit to the case study location with a review of the literature that describes salient features of the political economy in Sudan.
Man walking in drylands between two camels, one in front of him and one behind
SPARC partner publication

This brief outlines a preliminary research framework developed by SPARC and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict and Migration on conflict between farmers and livestock herders.
Five women stand outside, behind a herd of white goats
SPARC partner publication

This report, and accompanying brief, align current thinking on transboundary climate risk pathways with research on climate risk for pastoralists in African rangelands.

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