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Technical report

This report evaluates AfriScout Steward, a digital app used in Kenya that provides crowd-sourced data on rangelands, and AfriScout Regen, an app that provides intensive grazing support in Ethiopia.
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Technical report

This reviews aims to deepen understanding of Gender Transformative Approaches (GTAs) in pastoral contexts in SPARC countries in Africa. It describes where and how transformative impacts have occurred.
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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.
Close up of two cows standing together near a borehole in an arid landscape
Technical report

This report assesses the status of livestock mobility, arterial routes, infrastructure and services in Ethiopia and Kenya. It sets out recommendations to preserve these vital dryland arteries.

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Blog

Reliable weather and climate information services (WCIS) are vital for pastoralists' resilience in drylands. Here we explore what we know about WCIS for pastoralists and what needs to change.
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News

How to browse six years of SPARC research.
Fish market in Bor, Jonglei state, South Sudan. Credit: Elphas Ngugi / Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)
News

In this article, SPARC researchers reflect on pastoralists and farmers' finely tuned strategies for living with variability - and how external interventions would do better to build on what works.

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