This year’s issue of Asia Research News features five IDRC projects:
increasing millet production in Asia (pg 4)
milkfish breeding in the Philippines (pg 5)
saving lives, money, and ecosystems with environmental economics (pg 14)
boosting...
In July 2011, IDRC’s Non-Communicable Disease Prevention (NCDP) program announced the call for concept notes “Promoting healthy diets: A key strategy for non-communicable disease prevention in low- and middle-income countries”. The key objective of...
The Western Producer covered Carlos Pérez del Castillo’s presentation on global agricultural innovation to Parliament Hill. Pérez del Castillo, the chair of the consortium board of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research or...
Public and private partnerships in agriculture are gaining importance. Yet little is known about how they work or how to improve them. To understand this emerging trend, IDRC is hosting a conference, “Implementing Public-Private Partnerships in...
Farm Radio International recently launched a new social media community for radio broadcasters. Known as Barza radio, it is a web-based meeting place where African broadcasters can seek advice, access and share content, meet colleagues from across...
IDRC’s founding president, W. David Hopper, was remembered as a visionary who pioneered a new approach to international development in obituaries published in The Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, and the Western Producer. An agricultural...
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper announced support for the second phase of the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF). A collaboration between IDRC and the Canadian International Development Agency, CIFSRF's goal is to reduce...
On October 29, 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced support for the second phase of the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF), which will help alleviate hunger in developing countries. CIFSRF is a collaboration between...
We cannot have good health without a healthy environment. But a lot of the things we do to live better lives can damage the environment.
Ecosystem approaches have helped explore diverse health challenges around the world. Over the years...
IDRC President David Malone’s essay on India’s “soft power” foreign policy and how it shapes the country’s relationship with its Asian neighbours was published in the Economic and Political Weekly – India. Malone addresses the emergence of the...