- Documents from Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)
- Bedelian, C., Hakiman, K., Sheely, R., et al. (2023) Participatory planning inKenya’s drylands: the Ward Development Planning model. Policy brief. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/QKNF4475).
- This policy brief outlines the Ward Development Planning model – a participatory planning approach focused on developing ward-level development plans in Kenya – and offers lessonsand recommendations for scaling up participatory, locally grounded approaches to supportresilience- focused development. A 2024 follow-up policy brief is available here.
- Hakiman, K., and Stull-Lane, C. (2022) Innovation in governance: integratingtechnical and contextual perspectives to address fragility. Technical report.London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/YXXG7218).
- This report introduces the decision-making framework, the Stakeholder Approach to Risk-Informed and Evidence-Based Decision Making (SHARED), which integrates evidence-basedapproaches with local social, political and ecological realities to support inclusive policy-making in fragile dryland contexts across sub-Saharan Africa.
- Makhoka, C., Jaquez, C., and Reid, E. (2021) Innovations for pastoralists andagro-pastoralists in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Scoping paper.London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/JHCA2134).
- This scoping paper reviews 38 innovations in fragile and conflict-affected settings, to analyse: what products, processes and services are offered; who is innovating and where;how they are distributed; and the business models and partnerships that enable these innovations.
- Shikuku, K., Alulu, V., Lepariyo, W., et al. (2024) Crowdsourcing data canhelp monitor drought impacts on food security. Policy brief. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/EZBE7664).
- This policy brief highlights how crowdsourced data via the KAZNET crowdsourcing platform was used to monitor drought-related food insecurity in pastoral areas. It makes the case for how timely, locally sourced insights can improve early warning systems andinform targeted resilience strategies.
- Turnbull, S. and Harrison, C. (2024) Shepherd’s eye in the sky: the potential forAfriScout digital grazing maps to improve pastoralists’ grazing and migrationdecisions. Technical report. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/SAZT9558).
- This brief introduces AfriScout, a digital app that shows potential for mitigating some of the challenges pastoralists face by providing them with information to make more informed decisions.
- (Audio) SPARC podcast episode ‘Pastoralism 4.0: Inventiveness and innovation in the drylands’
- This episode of Dynamic Drylands looks at the innovations which are making a difference in the drylands: from social media and the ‘Shepherds Eye in the Sky’ app, to new forms of harambee.
- Bedelian, C., Hakiman, K., Sheely, R., et al. (2023) Participatory planning inKenya’s drylands: the Ward Development Planning model. Policy brief. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/QKNF4475).
- Videos
- Film être éleveur en Mauritanie (Vimeo)
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