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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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  • Reframing aid and resilience
People at the central market in Kutum, in pre-war Darfur.
Issue brief

This brief provides an overview of how trade and markets in Darfur have adapted, positively and negatively, to the conflict since full-scale war broke out in April 2023.
Trucking goods over long distances and non-tarmac roads. © Wirestock Creators / shutterstock
Issue brief

This brief provides an overview of the effect of the war and the subsequent embargo imposed by the Rapid Support Forces on regular trade into and out of areas it controls, with a focus on Darfur.
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.
wo figures walking among a group of camels in drylands
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.
Waterhole surround by rocky cliffs with a single tree at water's edge
Technical report

This study assesses Chad’s capacity to plan for, access, use, monitor and report on climate finance.
 A woman walking in drylands behind a donkey that is carrying plastic containers
Technical report

If losses and damages triggered by climate change are to be addressed in national and international policy, finance and action, losses and damages need to be specified and estimated.
Herd of cattle drink at edge of waterhole with scrub in background
SPARC partner publication

Despite efforts to link humanitarian responses and development programming, gaps in effectively aligning and
integrating the two aids still exist. How can we move towards effective integration?
 A man walks behind a herd of goats in drylands
Evidence review

This report, commissioned midway through SPARC’s six-year run, synthesises the programme's work in the period 2020 to mid-2023.

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