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The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Programme Executive Board (PEB) is seeking an organisation to host the ESPA Directorate.
Categories: Capacity Building, Climate Change and Environment, Growth, Information and Communication
Date Added: 08 February 2010
The European Commission's Directorate General for Development (DG Dev) intends to set up a network to simulate European research in the Pacific
Categories: Capacity Building, Climate Change and Environment, Education, Growth, Health, Information and Communication, Infrastructure, Social and Political Change, Sustainable Agriculture
Date Added: 05 February 2010
Research conducted by the DFID-funded CREATE Research Programme Consortium examines the realities of the 'no fee' school system in South Africa
Category: Education
Date Added: 05 February 2010
Tim Wheeler, Professor of Agriculture at Reading University, has been appointed Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor and Deputy Director of Research and Evidence Division at DFID
Date Added: 03 February 2010
The latest spotlight from SciDev.Net examines the challenge of tackling malnutrition in the developing world.
Date Added: 03 February 2010
The Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Practice group, a joint project involving 4 DFID-funded research programme consortia, has been shortlisted for the BMJ Group's Getting Research Into Practice award
Category: Health
Date Added: 29 January 2010
DFID calls for expressions of interest in three new health-related Research Programme Consortia. Closing date - 23 April 2010.
Category: Health
Date Added: 28 January 2010
A recent opinion article on SciDev.Net asks what African research institutes can do to exploit the open access movement
Category: Information and Communication
Date Added: 26 January 2010
DFID is piloting an exciting systematic review project that aims to strengthen evidence-informed decision making. The call for systematic review groups will be made in early February.
Categories: Climate Change and Environment, Growth, Social and Political Change, Sustainable Agriculture
Date Added: 26 January 2010
The DFID-funded Research Programme Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP) now has a blog on the work of the programme and issues of education and poverty in developing countries
Category: Education
Date Added: 21 January 2010
The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa programme is providing policy makers with evidence of how communities are threatened with climate change in rural communities
Category: Climate Change and Environment
Date Added: 21 January 2010
31 January 2010 is the deadline for submission of abstracts and panel proposals to the international conference being held by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) in September
Date Added: 20 January 2010
A project coordinated by CABI has led to the development of resistant coffee clones and other protective measures which could help to control coffee wilt disease in Central Africa
Category: Sustainable Agriculture
Date Added: 18 January 2010
This new book by two of the UK's leading international development thinkers will be launched tomorrow (19 January, 2010) at the Wellcome Collection in London
Categories: Capacity Building, Climate Change and Environment, Education, Growth, Health, Information and Communication, Infrastructure, Social and Political Change, Sustainable Agriculture
Date Added: 18 January 2010
A project conducted under the joint DFID/IDRC-funded Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) programme is giving farmers improved climate information and practical advice for the growing season.
Date Added: 15 January 2010
The projects selected through round 1 of the Research into Use (RIU) Best Bets programme aim for high impact in the control of armyworm, improved access to NERICA rice, biocontrol seed treatments of major crops, and resources and information for smallholder farmers
Category: Sustainable Agriculture
Date Added: 14 January 2010
The DFID-funded Research Programme Consortium on Improving Institutions for Pro-Poor Growth (IPPG) announces new research findings from a major international project investigating state-business relations in India and Africa
Category: Growth
Date Added: 12 January 2010
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A pilot project to be conducted by International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will test if satellite data can be used to verify lifestock losses due to drought.
Category: Sustainable Agriculture
Date Added: 12 January 2010
DFID's Climate Change Adaptation in Africa programme is building links between farmers and policy makers to help the people of Madagascar understand the risks of climate change
Date Added: 11 January 2010
Recent research from the CREATE Consortium provides valuable insights into why some children in developing countries drop out of school
Category: Education
Date Added: 05 January 2010