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South Sudan

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South Sudan is home to 11 million people. It is a country that depends on livestock production systems and farming - half of all working South Sudanese are employed in the agricultural sector. It is also a young country - around 74 per cent of its population is under the age of 30.

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Technical report

This report explores the perspectives of agro-pastoralist men and women in Toch East and Pathuon West Payams on how flooding and conflict impact their lives and livelihoods.
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Technical report

The report investigates how women in crisis-affected pastoralist and farming communities adapt their livelihoods through bricolage: the creative combination of various small-scale income activities.
Woman buying preserved fish in Nyal, South Sudan 2017. Credit: Huxta Mercy Corps
Policy brief

Pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in Wau and Jur River Counties are adapting their livelihoods in response to climate change, conflict and economic instability, but face persistent structural and social constraints that limit resilience.
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Issue brief

This issue brief examines the evolving productive roles of Agar Dinka women in South Sudan, in the context of increasing male absence due to conscription, conflict, and economic migration.
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Technical report

This report looks at change within peoples livelihoods, the conditions that allow change to occur and spread, and the barriers which prevent change from spreading to other people and places.

Latest news and features

DD 3
Blog

The third episode of Dynamic Drylands podcast series 2 interviews experts about how people in the drylands are coping and adapting in the face of big changes—often without any external support.
A group of women stand over containers filled with milk
Blog

At this year's LANDac Land Conference, SPARC shared evidence from pastoralists in Sudan, South Sudan and Nigeria on how land governance in drylands can create sustainable, gender-inclusive change.
Image of women selling fish in Bor town, Jonglei State, South Sudan
Blog

Pastoralism is a well-known livelihood in South Sudan. But as people adapt to a changing climate, this blog explores how fishing is just as important a livelihood – especially for women.

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