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StoryEnvironment Food and Agriculture GenderResearch from the Global South helps drive sustainable climate solutions that reach across regions and around the world.
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Research in ActionDevelopment GovernanceClosing the justice gap with research on legal empowermentMore than half of the world’s population is excluded from opportunities the rule of law provides, and 1.5 billion people cannot access support to resolve justice problems. IDRC supports research on legal empowerment strategies to address this growing justice gap and to promote vibrant civic spaces.
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StoryNo relevant topicsCoping with COVID-19: Researching resilience in young “agripreneurs”A study funded through Cultivate Africa’s Future (CultiAF) shows how some young farmers weathered the pandemic in Kenya.
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StoryHealthInnovating for Maternal and Child Health in AfricaIMCHA supported equitable lifesaving solutions, including improving the quality of healthcare and removing barriers to access it.
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NewsDevelopment Health Science and TechnologyArtificial Intelligence for Global Health: new programming to connect responsible AI to key health challengesIDRC is pleased to announce new research programming: Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Global Health (AI4GH), which will focus on catalyzing and scaling AI research for epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response and for sexual, reproductive and maternal health.Date
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsImproving responsiveness of health systems to non-communicable diseasesPublication Date
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsApplying resilience thinking to questions of policy for pastoralist systems : lessons from the Gabra of Northern Kenya
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsSchool vegetable gardens as a site for reciprocity in food systems research : an example from Cape Town, South Africa
The garden creates a space in which to “talk around” the problem of diet-related non-communicable disease, and allows for the co-construction of “food choice.” In the school context, and at home, f
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsContent validity of an educational workshop based on the dietary guidelines for the Brazilian population
The aim is to describe the development and validation of a workshop protocol for the implementation of the Dietary Guidelines through primary healthcare units for the Brazilian population.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsReassessing catastrophic health-care payments with a Nigerian case study
Health financing reforms have recently received much attention in developing countries. However, out-of-pocket payments remain substantial.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsSocio-economic and environmental implications of replacing conventional poultry feed with insect-based feed in Kenya
The article considers the positive viability of insect farming for animal feed production, due to its low land and water requirements, its low ecological footprint, and its ‘circular economy’ contr
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsPatterns of outdoor exposure to heat in three South Asian cities
This paper presents an assessment of exposure to outdoor heat in the South Asian cities Delhi, Dhaka, and Faisalabad.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsTrade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya
This detailed study finds that conservancy payments can provide an important, reliable, all-year-round source of income and prevent households from selling their animals during stressful periods an
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsCan scenario planning catalyse transformational change? : Evaluating a climate change policy case study in Mali
The study evaluates outcomes resulting from scenario planning and the extent to which these contribute to transformational processes.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsCaste, courts and business
This study illustrates how quality of contract enforcement institutions affects decision-making of entrepreneurs.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsParticipatory planning for climate resilient and inclusive urban development in Dosquebradas, Santa Ana and Santa Tomé
By engaging government officials and politicians, academics, technical specialists, and representatives of civil society organizations in interviews, workshops, and focus group discussions, this pr
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsInfluence of the WHO framework convention on tobacco control on tobacco legislation and policies in sub-Saharan Africa
The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, enforced in 2005, was a watershed international treaty that stipulated requirements for signatories to govern the production
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsFuture climate change scenarios in Central America at high spatial resolution
The objective of this work is to assess the downscaling projections of climate change over Central America at 8-km resolution using the Eta Regional Climate Model, driven by the HadGEM2-ES simulati
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsTowards characterizing the adaptive capacity of farmer-managed irrigation systems : learnings from Nepal
Small-scale irrigation systems managed by farmers are facing multiple challenges including competing water demand, climatic variability and change, and socioeconomic transformation.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsPesquisa em Saúde Mental no Brasil: through the looking-glassPublication Date
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsFactors associated with maternity waiting home use among women in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia : a multilevel cross-sectional analysis
Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are temporary residential spaces located within or close to health facilities, offering skilled obstetrical care.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsCan the world feed 10 billion people?
Access to land, water, sustainable technology, education, markets, state investment in processing, and above all, access to a level playing field on domestic and international markets: investment i
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsImpact of a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees celsius on Asia’s glaciers
The initial study shows that a global temperature rise of 1.5°C will lead to a warming of 2.1±0.1°C in the high mountains of Asia (HMA), and that 64±7 per cent of the present-day ice mass stored in
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsTargeted and untargeted approaches unravel novel candidate genes and diagnostic SNPs for quantitative resistance of the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to Phytophthora infestans causing the late blight disease
Results of this study provide new insight into the molecular genetic basis of quantitative resistance in potato, and provide a diagnostic toolbox to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs):
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsAchieving scale of farmer reach with improved common bean technologies : the role of village based advisors
Extension materials facilitated VBA engagement of farmers in rural Tanzania even in informal settings, enhancing information flow beyond village boundaries.
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