📱New app Afriscout can help pastoralists make more informed decisions about where to graze their livestock, according to our new report: buff.ly/49J336N Afriscout #SPARCideas

For its most recent piece of research into the issues facing Nigeria's #pastoralists & agropastoralists, SPARC researchers spoke to 60 men and women about the impacts of Naira redesign on their livelihoods.

Read the report here▶️ buff.ly/49vQV8K FUDECO #SPARCideas

❗️New report by #SPARCideas : The third in a series of longitudinal studies into the political, socioeconomic & environmental issues facing #pastoralists and agropastoralists in Nigeria.

Read the report here▶️ buff.ly/49vQV8K FUDECO

SPARC's new 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.

Read more here: buff.ly/49J336N Afriscout #SPARCideas

Land tenure insecurity is an important factor in farmer–herder conflict in the drylands.

SPARC's new report looks at land tenure security among #pastoralists in #BurkinaFaso , #Kenya and #Sudan , and solutions which may help reduce conflicts: buff.ly/3TSPsDV #SPARCideas

🌍 How can #Africa effectively manage #transboundary climate risks?

🌾 🌊 💰 Through real life #examples , explore #biophysical , financial, #trade , people-centred and geopolitical risks ⬇️

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SPARC is hiring! Are you an experienced production manager who wants to manage a busy and fulfilling publications list? Apply here:⬇️ odi.org/en/careers/con… #developmentjobs #sustainabledevelopmentjobs #jobs Mercy Corps ODI Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action ILRI.org Cowater International

Research programme SPARC_Ideas, which is led by Cowater International, is recruiting:
▶️Publications Production Lead
▶️3 days a week, remote
▶️Deadline: 7 April
Find out more, and apply here:
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Come and work with us as Publications Production Lead!

There is a new opportunity to work with SPARC_Ideas (a research-to-action programme on #pastoralism & #agriculture in the drylands), alongside ODI Mercy Corps ILRI.org & Cowater International

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SPARC is a research-to-action programme on #pastoralism & #agriculture in the drylands, managed by Mercy Corps, ILRI.org, ODI & Cowater International.

We are looking for a Publications Production Lead to manage our list. Find out more, and apply, here:⬇️
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People living in Africa's drylands are famously resilient - but new uncertainties are impacting their ability to absorb and adapt to shocks.

▶️ Subscribe to SPARC's YouTube account for more on the challenges facing #pastoralists and #farmers : buff.ly/4a8UyCr #SPARCideas

Digital financial and information services can transform the livelihoods of agro producers across Ethiopia. This blog - based on a SPARC, Dalberg Research and Mercy Corps AgriFin event - explains how. buff.ly/3uJR6Pv

Understanding the impact of El Niño & Indian Ocean Dipole 2024 on #Ethiopia climate: Timely call for ENSO–IOD facility to anticipate & manage effects of drought & flooding. #anticipatoryaction can mitigate risk & support those in need. 🔗👇 SPARC_Ideas

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Our joint @ilri and SPARC_Ideas postdoc Tahira S. Mohamed is talking camels, drylands and pastoralism tomorrow. Join the webinar at ids.uonbi.ac.ke/ids-seminar-th…

❗ SPARC is looking for an experienced production professional to manage its growing publications portfolio. Find out more about the role, and apply, here: buff.ly/48orDZW

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SPARC is hiring!

🟣Publication production lead (consultant)
🟣3 days a week
🟣Deadline: 1 April 23:59 GMT

Do you have experience in publications production? Are you keen to manage a busy and growing list of publications? Apply here: buff.ly/48orDZW

'It's not a question of dismantling #pastoralism . This system has been functioning for hundreds of years and is still working... It’s a question of increasing the value of the system.'

📽️Sarli Nana, CEO of SPARC partner FUDECO:
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🍛 How to bolster #foodsecurity in countries affected by #conflict and protracted crises?

5️⃣ The brief offers five key lessons from ODI SPARC_Ideas' research in the #Sahel , #Syria and #Yemen where #foodcrises and food #emergencies threaten.

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Herders in Kenya's drylands are adopting E-Bell - a new technology which is helping reduce cattle theft.

SPARC postdoc Daniel Salau Rogei explains: buff.ly/48OUHd8 #SPARCideas

Pastoralists, agropastoralists & farmers living in the drylands are used to dealing with uncertainty - but their resilience is being increasingly tested, and support remains fragmented and often ill-suited.

Find out more about SPARC's work: buff.ly/3IwBYYY #SPARCideas