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This section describes how DFID research activities are making a difference. For more information click here.
'On-farm' seed priming improves crop growth and yields
Category: Sustainable Agriculture
Date Added: 09 March 2006
India's first release of a biological control agent through DFID funded research
Category: Sustainable Agriculture
Date Added: 03 March 2006
The creation of a low cost information source for researchers in developing countries...
Category: Information and Communication
Date Added: 15 February 2006
Improving the formula for Oral Rehydration Salt Solution...
Category: Health
Date Added: 16 January 2006
Recommendations have been made for training teachers with limited resources...
Category: Education
Date Added: 05 January 2006
A jointly-funded World Bank/DFID transport project has improved the lives of rural people in Vietnam.
Category: Infrastructure
Date Added: 04 January 2006
An ITDG co-ordinated project has given a voice to poor, illiterate women in Kenya, Peru and Zimbabwe...
Category: Information and Communication
Date Added: 04 January 2006
A project to investigate mobility barriers has enhanced the mobility of disabled people in developing countries...
Category: Infrastructure
Date Added: 04 January 2006
Planning for landslides is critical in safeguarding livelihoods and rural development in many mountain regions...
Date Added: 04 January 2006
Having to choose between taking the car, catching a bus or jumping on a bicycle to get around is not a choice that is open to most in the developing world...
Category: Infrastructure
Date Added: 04 January 2006
Rural waterways are crucial arteries for communication and trade, but are often neglected and deprioritised...
Category: Infrastructure
Date Added: 04 January 2006
Low cost alternatives for surfacing rural roads are a success in Cambodia.
Category: Infrastructure
Date Added: 04 January 2006
Rural communities require year-round sustainable access...
Category: Infrastructure
Date Added: 04 January 2006
Project RIPARWIN has adopted novel approaches to plan and allocate water without conflict...
Category: Infrastructure
Date Added: 04 January 2006
Project R8150 worked to stimulate the family-hydro market by reducing installation costs.
Date Added: 04 January 2006
DFID-funded research has found that small-scale irrigated agriculture can contribute to food security and rural prosperity...
Date Added: 04 January 2006