This policy brief, developed for the UK’s 2023 Global Food Security Summit, summarises insights from recent research by Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC), on how to bolster food security in countries affected by conflict and protracted crises.

What does meaningful support to bolster food security look like in countries affected by conflict and protracted crises?

This brief offers five key lessons from Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises' (SPARC) research in the Sahel, Syria and Yemen: mostly semi-arid areas subject to protracted crises and conflict, sometimes exacerbated by natural disasters, where food crises and food emergencies threaten.

Report by Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises