How Can Development Partners Support Food Security in Protracted Crises?

This policy brief, developed for the UK’s 2023 Global Food Security Summit, summarises insights from recent SPARC research 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. Key insights focus on domestic issues' impact on food prices; solutions to support long-term food security; the importance of support to markets and trade in protracted conflict; recognising the possibilities and limits of anticipatory action; and cross-cutting agendas on food security, poverty, resilience and climate change.

Access the policy brief here: https://www.sparc-knowledge.org/sites/default/files/documents/resources/sparc-policy-brief_how-can-development-partners-support-food-security-in-protracted-crises.pdf