This project is one of seven being financed by IDRC's Africa Adaptation Research Centres (AARC) initiative. It builds on the results obtained from the project, Strengthening the Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change in Rural Bénin (104142).
Across Africa, postharvest losses along the food chain from farm to fork jeopardize the food security of resource-poor farmers.
Because of their undeveloped condition, African countries receive tonnes of second-hand computers and electronic equipment from more advanced countries.
As agriculture becomes more strategically important in the world, large-scale land acquisition - or "land grabbing" - is a growing concern for West Africa.
It is obvious that in many African countries, no linkages are being made between health policy and environment policy.
The African Tobacco Situational Analysis (ATSA) supported by IDRC and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation investigated the critical determinants of success for tobacco control in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
This project aims to build the capacity of populations in the urban community of Cotonou to cope with flooding. It will do so through a participatory diagnosis, analysis and planning process for sustainable flood prevention strategies.
African countries need adequate data as a basis for formulating and implementing systematic and coherent food security policies and strategies.
This grant will allow the Université d'Abomey-Calavi in partnership with the Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec (Canada) to assure that Bénin is prepared for future HIV prevention interventions.
Studies suggest that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are of some benefit to farmers, but how effective they are in linking small farmers to wider markets remains unknown.