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Artificial intelligence for development

IDRC-supported research is ensuring that the benefits of AI are used to advance development, reduce social inequality, and foster greater gender parity.
Published date
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 13:30
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Science and Technology Health Innovation

Smartphone app is improving sustainable cattle farming in Ethiopia

Ethiopia has one of the most significant livestock populations in Africa. Cattle represent one of the country’s largest segments of this population, with roughly 50 million animals.
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Friday, January 26, 2018 - 14:00
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Food security Gender Development

Understanding land acquisitions in West Africa: A community-based approach

According to the International Land Coalition, between 2000 and 2010, foreign actors and country elites acquired an estimated 83 million hectares through large-scale land acquisitions, 70% of which are in Africa, typically without consulting communities.
Published date
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 00:00
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Social Policy

Colombia’s controversial disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration process

Colombia has been implementing its disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration process since 2005.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 00:00
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Climate change Farming Systems

Adaptation and beyond: Lessons from community based adaptation in Africa

Community based adaptation puts people at the centre of their own development.
Published date
Monday, June 29, 2015 - 00:00
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Climate change Food and Agriculture

Agro-meteorological early warning to reduce agricultural vulnerability to climate change: The experiences of PARBCC in Benin

In Benin, extreme climate variability has threatened the food security of rural populations, with agricultural yields declining and crop losses increasing due to extreme weather.
Published date
Friday, April 22, 2016 - 00:00

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Artificial intelligence for development

Smartphone app is improving sustainable cattle farming in Ethiopia

Understanding land acquisitions in West Africa: A community-based approach

Colombia’s controversial disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration process

Adaptation and beyond: Lessons from community based adaptation in Africa

Agro-meteorological early warning to reduce agricultural vulnerability to climate change: The experiences of PARBCC in Benin