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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.

A woman sells bread at a busy market in Sudan
Technical report

This study builds on earlier SPARC-IDRC research on food prices in Mali and Sudan by looking at subsequent price changes and their drivers, effects, and public responses from 2023 to mid-2025.
A man with his back to the camera drives a herd of camels through an arid landscape
Journal article

This journal article assesses the persistence of pastoral livelihoods despite far-reaching social, political, economic, and technological change over the last 45 years (1975–2020).

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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.
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 soldier in combat fatigues stand holding a gun in a dusty camp while some children in white clothes walk past
Story Map

To better understand where and when aid is needed, this interactive map uses satellite imagery and photos to analyse the impacts of conflict in Sudan on market activity and agricultural production.
Two women carrying dishes stacked on their heads walk away from the camera
Toolkit

Using interviews with more than 1,200 pastoralists, this guide will help journalists make their reporting on pastoralism more nuanced and accurate.
Two young women sitting together looking at the camera
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?
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 figure stands silhouetted in a field with cows in the background
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.