Case study
Elephants and local farms
In many parts of Africa, elephant numbers are on the rise. While a success for conservation, elephants often wander out of national parks and into nearby farmlands where...
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Low mobility in rural Africa
Transport and mobility are often considered essential ingredients for development, but limited means of transport disproportionally affecting certain groups in rural areas...
Case study
Disease-resistant crops
Pearl millet is a staple crop for populations throughout Africa and South Asia. Every year it suffers extensive crop losses due to the disease downy mildew. This leads to...
News article
DFID explains its approach to agriculture
The Department for International Development has published its conceptual framework to guide its future approach to agriculture and the agrifood sector. Agriculture is a...
News article
Wheat Yield Partnership funds eight projects
The International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) has announced eight major projects it will be funding as part of its first competitive call. The projects cover a broad range...
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New funding for UK food systems
Increasing resilience of agricultural landscapes and the UK food system (Image: Jon Bunting) Global Food Security (GFS) Programme has recently agreed a new five-year...
Blog Post
Joining food forces across continents
Members of the HLPD Bureau and expert group at a recent meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Image: Kediija Seid) There’s a really exciting initiative that UKCDS (UK...
Blog Post
Why we do what we do, & what we do in agriculture
UKCDS is a member of the Tropical Agriculture Association, and for the summer edition of their journal, Agriculture for Development, Alex Gwyther explained UKCDS’ work on...
Blog Post
EU and Africa: science, technology and innovation
I recently attended the EU-Africa high level policy dialogue (HLPD) on science, technology and innovation in Brussels on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation...