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 mini-series which explores new ways of thinking about aid, development and resilience in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East.
This policy brief synthesises evidence on interventions to support the financial and psychosocial wellbeing of adolescent girls in vulnerable pastoral areas, highlighting gaps to inform future programmes and policies.
This brief explores how policies at the sub-national, national and regional levels can help and hinder options for the management of transboundary climate risks at local, national and regional levels.
More than half of the 25 countries most vulnerable and least ready to adapt to climate change are affected by conflict - yet climate finance in these settings is far below the level that is needed.
This report is the first of two and focuses on how using process innovations can improve decision-making within complex and fragile environments in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger and Somalia.
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 article argues that public policy and programmes designed to reduce poverty and strengthen resilience in drylands must be aware of their potential to undermine psychosocial climate resilience.
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.
