- Documents from Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)
- Bedelian C, Hakiman K, Sheely R et al. (2023) Participatory planning in Kenya’s drylands: the Ward Development Planning model. Policy brief. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/QKNF4475).
This outlines the Ward Development Planning model – a participatory planning approach focused on developing ward-level development plans in Kenya – and offers lessons and recommendations for scaling up participatory, locally grounded approaches to support resilience-focused development. A 2024 follow-up policy brief is available here. - Hakiman K & Stull-Lane C (2022) Innovation in governance: integrating technical and contextual perspectives to address fragility. Technical report.London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/YXXG7218).
This introduces the decision-making framework, the Stakeholder Approach to Risk-Informed and Evidence-Based Decision Making (SHARED), which integrates evidence-based approaches with local social, political and ecological realities to support inclusive policy-making in fragile dryland contexts across sub-Saharan Africa. - Makhoka C, Jaquez C & Reid E (2021) Innovations for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Scoping paper.London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/JHCA2134).
This 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 can help monitor drought impacts on food security. Policy brief. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/EZBE7664).
This 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 and inform targeted resilience strategies. - Turnbull S & Harrison C (2024) Shepherd’s eye in the sky: the potential for AfriScout digital grazing maps to improve pastoralists’ grazing and migration decisions. Technical report. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/SAZT9558).
This 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 that 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 in Kenya’s drylands: the Ward Development Planning model. Policy brief. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/QKNF4475).
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