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Seeds. Small and medium-sized seed companies are supported by SODP : Click to enlarge
The DFID-supported programme providing business development services to small and medium-sized seed companies is helping to transform Africa's growing seed industry
 21 August 2008
 

Diagnosis of a pest of okra at the Global Plant Clinic in Sierra Leone : Click to enlarge
Poor farmers across Sierra Leone now have better and more regular access to reliable advice on plant health problems, after the DFID-funded Global Plant Clinic provided the Sierra Leone government with a way forward
 19 August 2008
 

Woman selling potatoes, Pisac, Peru (COPLA) : Click to enlarge
Research from the DFID Trade and Poverty in Latin America programme (COPLA), shows that the agricultural sector of the southern Peruvian Andes, where the poorest people in the country live, is vulnerable to the effects that the imports of goods from the US
 31 July 2008
 

Cambodian farmers on their way to market : Click to enlarge
DFID’s research programme SEACAP in South East Asia produces solutions for regional planning and local participation
 08 July 2008
 

HIV testing is advertised on a roadside sign by the border between Swaziland and South Africa : Click to enlarge
Swaziland is experiencing an HIV/AIDS emergency on the scale of traditional emergencies such as tsunamis and earthquakes
 07 July 2008
 

Journalist Michael Wambi at work (Image: Wrenmedia) : Click to enlarge
A pilot initiative to provide training to radio and print journalists from East Africa, alongside a major international conference, has helped to strengthen links between scientific researchers and the media
 22 May 2008
 

Parched earth : Click to enlarge
Lessons of the new farmers of Namary in Niger were captured through the “Adaptation Stories” initiative of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) research and capacity development program
 22 May 2008
 

Near Wellington: most Western Cape fruit production is under irrigation (Image: C. Van Rooyen) : Click to enlarge
A team of researchers led by the University of the Free State is working to give planners and farmers access to improved climate information and a range of options to help them prepare for a water-scarce future
 22 May 2008
 

Kakamega highlands, Kenya: health officials test for malaria (Image: KEMRI) : Click to enlarge
Kenyan researchers are combining climate observation with medical research to improve an existing model of malarial prediction so that local officials can better prepare
 22 May 2008
 

Fulani cattle herder, West Africa (Image: WRENmedia) : Click to enlarge
Searching for a new approach to livestock policy and institutional change to improve the livelihoods of poor livestock keepers has been the focus of a DFID-funded initiative
 14 May 2008
 

Ante-natal clinic where screening takes place : Click to enlarge
Anti-retroviral therapy made available for AIDS sufferers in Tanzania
 Health
 14 May 2008
 

Champions of Participation : Click to enlarge
Key report confirms the critical role of champions inside government to ensure participation works.
 18 March 2008
 

Bangladeshi research participant making a film with the Citizenship DRC : Click to enlarge
Encouraging early results from the Citizenship DRC Participatory Video Project suggest videos are providing new ways for research participants to articulate their views, and promote debate with stakeholders
 03 March 2008
 

Crowded conditions in Bihari camp, Bangladesh (Image: Refugees International) : Click to enlarge
In 2007 the government of Bangladesh decided to award citizenship rights to a disenfranchised ethnic grouping, the Bihari, following a campaign by the DFID-funded Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit
 17 January 2008
 

Voting women (Photo source: USAID Bangladesh) : Click to enlarge
Can policy makers and citizens find ways of improving the accountability of local government in India and Pakistan?
 19 December 2007
 

Migration DRC Global Migrant Origin Database Map : Click to enlarge
Researchers at the DFID-funded Migration DRC tackled the key issue of lack of migration statistics by creating a unique picture of migration, providing bilateral data for the year 2000 for each of 226 countries in the world
 14 December 2007
 

Typical landscape and vegetation of North Eastern Brazil (Wikimedia Commons): Click to Enlarge : Click to enlarge
Enabling long-term sustainable use of land and water, through management by local communities
 06 December 2007
 

Waste scavengers and other informal service providers should be considered in urban development projects : Click to enlarge
Livelihoods of micro entrepreneurs should be taken into account in infrastructure and service development
 Infrastructure
 15 November 2007
 

Rice field irrigation : Click to enlarge
Investigating the impacts of diffuse agricultural pollution on water quality and on livelihoods in intensively irrigated tropical and sub-tropical areas
 09 November 2007
 

Mother and baby in Nepal (Photo: Luca Galuzzi, Wikimedia Commons) : Click to enlarge
Should a policy recommending that pregnant women take a combination of vitamins and minerals to improve the weights and outcomes of their babies be introduced?
 Health
 09 November 2007
 

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