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.
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.
This brief relays key learning points from pioneering a locally led approach to market monitoring, analysis and research in a context of extreme conflict and insecurity across Sudan's Darfur region.
This brief is the second in a series highlighting issues facing pastoralists and agropastoralists in two areas in Nigeria: Hayin Ade in Kaduna State and Wuro Alhaji Idrisa Bappate in Taraba State.
This research is the first in a series of longitudinal studies into the impact of violent and non-violent conflict on lives and livelihoods, and mediation dynamics, in Nigeria and Somalia.
This report is the second in a series highlighting learning emerging from a longitudinal study examining violent and non-violent conflict and mediation dynamics in Somalia and Nigeria.
This brief presents initial results from data, and summarises lessons learned, of using crowdsourcing techniques to gather data on the impacts of climatic shocks on pastoral systems and livelihoods.
This paper is based on an analysis of the legal frameworks for land tenure in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania, along with a review of the literature on pastoralism and land governance in the region.
This report looks at how increased pressures and competition for natural resources and pastoral lands in East and West Africa have affected pastoralists' governance and tenure systems.
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.
