{"id":266,"date":"2026-05-21T13:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cddrssom.org\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:08:54","slug":"research-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cddrssom.org\/?page_id=266","title":{"rendered":"Research and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"266\" class=\"elementor elementor-266\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-352f624a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"352f624a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4150981f elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4150981f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our Research and Resources section provides access to studies, reports, policy briefs, learning materials, technical guidelines, and practical tools that support dryland development and resilience programming.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d44ee85 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"5d44ee85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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