Despite an inflow of investment in rural communities, there are concerns about negative impacts on local people’s livelihoods, access to farming land, productivity, income levels, food security and access to social services.
This commercially viable and scalable franchise model brings supplies, knowledge, jobs and profits to rural farming communities in Kenya, and is a more profitable model for local agro-dealers.
This research quantified the poverty penalty, provided evidence on gendered burdens, insecure land tenure, and inadequate provision of basic services in Mukuru settlement.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have demonstrated for the first time that unrefined sunflower oil can be fortified on a small scale and can increase nutrition for the most vulnerable people, particularly lactating mothers and children.
Adoption and impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the context of Research in Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) are reviewed in this presentation.
The aim of this paper is to set out a conceptual foundation that links climate change, livelihoods vulnerability, and the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in supporting systemic resilience.
This paper presents some emerging examples of ICT use in climate change mitigation, monitoring, and adaptation strategies in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The document aims to strengthen knowledge exchange on this topic.