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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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  • Kenya
Front cover of report
SPARC partner publication

This critical analysis of the National Land Policy 2009 was undertaken on the request of the National Land Commission to inform strategic inputs to the policy review process.
Several goats drink from a trough
Technical report

This retrospective study examines the longer-term impacts of three interventions in Turkana, Kenya, six years after a project ended.
Five women sit together on the grass, with a camel standing behind them
Policy brief

SPARC partnered with MarketShare Associates to conduct a field-based study on gender-inclusive animal health services (AHS) delivery in pastoral communities across Ethiopia and Kenya.
An aerial view of green pastoral fields stretching to the horizon with clouds and blue sky above
Policy brief

This brief aims to inform the Kenyan government’s review of the NLP of 2009 from a pastoralist perspective, to ensure that the NLP recognises and secures pastoralists’ land rights.
Eight women walking on a winding red dirt path with trees in the background
Policy brief

Agro-pastoral communities in drylands face worsening climate, economic and social pressures, all of which disproportionately impact women. GTAs can help build resilient, sustainable livelihoods.
Herder with camels in Danaan - Shinile, Somali regional state, Ethiopia - Image by Mulugeta Ayene / UNICEF Ethiopia - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Journal article

This study reviews approaches to the integration of humanitarian and development aid directed at drought management in the Horn of Africa
Two mismatched puzzle pieces representing valuable assets and mass employment try to fit in the same place, which is also mismatched.
Technical report

This report sets out to see if it is possible to assess the impacts PWP assets have on people’s livelihoods in order to learn new lessons about how, when — or whether — to use PWP.
Travelling to find water during the drought in Ethiopia’s East Shoa Zone, 2016. Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2016/Ayene
Technical report

This report provides new data about the current and potential future losses and damages from climate-attributable weather events in the Sahel and Horn of Africa, with a specific focus on the agriculture and livestock sectors.
Camel herder and camels under a wide blue sky
Policy brief

Advances in forecasting, observation networks and collaboration mean better weather forecasts, so why do pastoralists show little demand for them, and how can we better reach them?

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