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The West African country is home to 19 million people. Mali relies on agro-pastoralism and farming, with 65 per cent of working Malians employed in agriculture. Its livestock sector is also key to the country’s economy, accounting for around 15 per cent of GDP and 30% of employment. Around 11 per cent of Mali’s population is between 15 and 19.

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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.
Mopti, Mali. Image by Oberson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Policy brief

This brief aims to understand the root causes and impacts of farmer–herder conflicts through a food production system and political economy lens.
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SPARC partner publication

This CGIAR study, conducted in the commune of Sio in the Mopti Region of Central Mali, aims to analyse the root causes and impacts of conflicts between farmers and herders.
Women fisherman, Mali. Credit: Oumar Diop / UNDP
Technical report

This report examines examples of anticipatory actions led by local authorities. It assesses the potential strengths of these actions and sets out what decision makers can learn from these examples.
Livestock migration in Ganawuri, Plateau State, Nigeria. Credit: Elphas Ngugi/SPARC
Book

This special issue of Disasters journal features work from SPARC authors covering a range of core countries and themes.

Latest news and features

A man walks through the flood waters in Beletweyne, Somalia in May 2016. Credit: AMISOM Photo/Tobin Jones
News

Analysing the impacts of climate change in fragile countries is difficult, but it is possible – and it should not be an excuse for inaction.
wheat field
Blog

This blog summarises the findings of a recently published report from SPARC, that looks at the spike in food prices in Mali and Sudan between 2019-2022, in part pushed higher by war in Ukraine.
A woman collects millet from field with UNAMID peacekeepers watching on in the background
News

Communities affected by conflict and fragility are increasingly facing climate change threats, yet climate finance is leaving these people behind.

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