SPARC Policy Brief

45 Titles

Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) is a six-year programme which informs more feasible and cost-effective policies and investments in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East. 

Online ISSN 2977-9650

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Targeting individuals or communities? Learnings from AfriScout on improving pastoralists’ well-being

Sophie Turnbull, Miguel Uribe, Javier Madrazo
17 December 2025

Status of mobility of livestock in Ethiopia

Mohammed Said, Irene Nganga, Yasin Getahun, Julius Muyizzi, Fiona Flintan
17 December 2025

Adapting through bricolage: building resilience in Northeast Nigeria

Carolina Pimentel Corrêa, Amaia Bessouet, Marrium Khan
17 December 2025

Juxtaposition of women’s economic empowerment and innovation: is one a pathway to the other?

Milcah Asamba, Tigist Kebede
17 December 2025

Five lessons for supporting resilience in conflicts and recurring crises: evidence from SPARC’s retrospective studies of livelihood support

Simon Levine
16 December 2025

Causes profondes des conflits entre agriculteurs et éleveurs et impact sur les systèmes alimentaires locaux: études de cas au Nigéria, au Soudan et au Mali

Fiona Flintan, Magda Nassef, Baba Ba, Boubacer El Hadji Ba, Hussein M Sulieman, Saleh Momale, Pilar Domingo
16 December 2025

Cinq leçons pour renforcer la résilience lors de conflits et de crises récurrentes: Résultats des études rétrospectives menées par sparc sur le soutien aux moyens d' existence

Simon Levine
16 December 2025

Deep-rooted causes of farmer–herder conflicts and impact on local food systems: case studies from Sudan, Nigeria and Mali

Fiona Flintan, Magda Nassef, Baba Ba, Hussein M Sulieman, Saleh Momale, Pilar Domingo, Boubacer El Hadji Ba
16 December 2025

Status of mobility of livestock in Kenya

Mohammed Said, Irene Nganga, Yasin Getahun, Julius Muyizzi, Fiona Flintan
15 December 2025

Enhancing pastoral adaptation strategies in Wau and Jur River Counties, South Sudan: resilience to recurrent climate, economic and social shocks and crises

Grace Njoroge, Nyuon Moses
15 December 2025

Business model innovation for behaviour change within the goat value chain in Ethiopia: implications for policy and investment

Maureen Kamusiime, Grace Njoroge, Vaidehi Krishnan
15 December 2025

How to manage crises differently in ASALs without talking about a nexus: what we can learn from the water sector?

Nancy Balfour, Simon Levine
13 December 2025

Gender transformative approaches in pastoral areas: good practices and recommendations

Renee Bullock, Tanaya DuttaGupta, Hamilton Majiwa, Katie Tavenner
24 November 2025

From risk to resilience: grounding innovation in pastoralist realities

Wendy Chamberlin, Tigist Kebede, Carmen Jaquez
20 November 2025

Food aid, sharing and resilience: the role of collectivity and connectivity in drought affected pastoralist systems in Ethiopia

Fiona Flintan, Abiyot Anbacha, Abule Ebro, Bedasa Eba, Habtamu Disasa, Hamdi Aden, Mohamed Abdilatif, Amanuel Assefa
19 November 2025

Ten ways to create people-centred early warning systems in conflicts and recurrent crises

Simon Levine, Emma Gogerty
15 October 2025

Ten ways to reduce disaster risk in conflicts and recurring crises

Simon Levine, Emma Gogerty
15 October 2025

Twelve ways to take anticipatory action to scale in conflicts and recurring crises

Simon Levine, Emma Gogerty
15 October 2025

Lessons for research funders from locally led action research on women’s empowerment among pastoralists

Katharine Vincent, Job Eronmhonsele, Thomas Kibutu, Pacificah Okemwa, Sarli Sardou Nana
1 September 2025

Supporting adolescent girls’ well-being in climate- and conflict-affected areas of East and West Africa

Tom Kipruto, Erick Waga, Jeeyon Kim, Maha Elsamahi
30 June 2025

The inconvenient truths of water development in the drylands of the Horn of Africa

Nancy Balfour, Jackson Wachira, Masresha Taye, Hussein Tadicha, Simon Levine
26 June 2025

Behavioural and norms-responsive animal health systems for pastoralists in Ethiopia and Kenya

Noura Kamel, Conrad Buluma, Jacqueline Foelster
31 March 2025

Rethinking land policy for Kenya’s pastoral communities: A path to sustainable development

Ken Otieno, Fiona Flintan, Michael Ochieng Odhiambo, Collins Odote, Charles Kagema
27 March 2025

The use of gender transformative approaches (GTAs) in pastoralist societies: what we know about what works and recommendations for a way forward

Ramona Ridolfi, Milcah Asamba
11 March 2025

Forecasts for pastoralists: Increasing demand for weather forecasts to support adaptation in northern Kenya

Ellen Reid
27 September 2024
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