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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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  • Understanding land and conflict
Four young girls sit together at a desk looking at a textbook
Evidence review

This scoping paper presents the results of a review of gender-related findings in research published over the past five years on agricultural and pastoral livelihoods in SPARC focus countries.
 An elderly man pours water on his cattle as they walk through drylands
Issue brief

This brief is the second in a series highlighting learnings from a longitudinal study on anticipatory action in Somalia.
A group of women sit on the floor together indoors looking at posters
Technical report

This research accompanies the synthesis report ‘Exploring the conflict blind spots in climate adaptation finance’, which provides key recommendations based on the findings in this working paper.
A man bent over tending to wheat in a wheat field
Policy brief

War in Ukraine may be distant, but may still affect countries in the global south as war drives up the prices of commodities. Just how serious is this threat?
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Evidence review

This scoping paper presents key findings from the SPARC review of the innovation landscape specific to the contexts of fragile and conflict-affected settings.
 A herd of camels stands in the foreground
Technical report

This report looks at the degree to which traders marketing livestock from the rangelands use formal financial services, and examines the development of these financial services.
A young woman standing in a field picking vegetables
Technical report

This paper discusses the effects of compounding shocks and stresses in agropastoral communities in Nigeria. It presents findings on the ways that households are coping and adapting to uncertainty.
A young woman facing the camera stands outside in front of a mud building among goats
Technical report

This report reviews opportunities for young people in the drylands of Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan and Mali to pursue climate-resilient decent work, and provides key recommendations.
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Issue brief

This issue brief summarises the key findings and recommendations from the report 'Resilient Generation: supporting young people’s prospects for decent work in the drylands of east and west Africa'.

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