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SPARC partner publication

This policy brief highlights efforts to develop indicators capturing transboundary and cascading climate risks for inclusion in the UAE–Belém Work Programme.
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Technical report

Retrospective learning and resilience-building in Chad – what happened five years after a project introduced climate-smart agriculture?
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Technical report

This retrospective study examines the longer-term impacts of three interventions in Turkana, Kenya, six years after a project ended.
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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.

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News

SPARC scientist Kelvin Shikuku is shortlisted for 2025 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Blog

Our blog explores what tech firms, agroproducers, private sector actors, government, Non-Governmental Organisations and donors need to know about the impact of social media in the drylands.
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Blog

Digital financial and information services can transform the livelihoods of agroproducers in Nigeria. This blog - based on a SPARC, Dalberg Research and Mercy Corps AgriFin webinar - explains how.

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