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SAPARM

United States of America

Around 200 million pastoralists in Africa seek pasture for their herds using a combination of word of mouth scouts and knowledge of local terrains but this has become increasingly challenging due to climate change and drought. To modernise pastoralists search for land Chris Bessenecker from Project Concern International (PCI) developed project SAPARM (Satellite Assisted Pastoral Resource Management) in partnership with USAID and the World Food Programme. Through SAPARM PCI can share maps featuring satellite images of vegetation cover with pastoral clan leaders every 10 days. Since SAPARM s launch in 2013 over 80 percent of participating pastoralists use the maps and more than half have said that it s their most important source of information.

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Eastern Africa

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