Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) is a six-year research programme (2020 - 2026) which seeks to address gaps in evidence and understanding of the problems and opportunities faced by pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and farmers living in fragile and conflict-affected states in the face of protracted crises.

To achieve this, it aims to influence the investments and policies of donors and governments in framing and responding to issues based on:

• generation of evidence and improved understanding of the problems and opportunities faced by drylands communities;
• building the capacity of donors and governments through convening and knowledge brokering, so as to understand what makes for effective action;
• undertaking particular technical assistance as requested by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and other governments to apply evidence and build capacity so as to improve pastoral and agropastoral resilience.

SPARC works in 18 countries across east, west and north Africa and the Middle East.

For more information, see the SPARC website, or sign up to follow SPARC on Twitter and LinkedIn.