Dr Katharine Vincent is part of the consortium implementing the DFID-funded Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) programme. The consortium is led by Cowater International and includes ODI, ILRI and Mercy Corps. SPARC is a 6 year programme that aims to advance research on livelihoods, agriculture and pastoralism that can be used by DFID and other agencies to better design programmes to have an impact. SPARC's target countries include Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and Yemen. Katharine's role is to lead the Gender, Equity and Social Inclusion component, ensuring that SPARC is able to deliver and inform equitable benefits.