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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 topicsEvolving deltas : coevolution with engineered interventions
The paper analyzes the history of large-scale engineering interventions and their implications in five large, populated deltas across the globe (Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna, Yangtze, Rhine-Meuse-Sche
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsSocioeconomic future of deltas in a changing environment
This paper analyzes the extent to which the biophysical context of deltas contributes to the sustainability of different economic activities.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsDevelopment of a matrix based statistical framework to compute weight for composite hazards, vulnerability and risk assessments
This paper introduces a new method to compute weights of indicators in climate modelling for composite hazard, vulnerability, and risk assessment.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsGeography, institutions and development : a review of the long-run impacts of climate change
The paper reviews potential effects of climate change on the prospects for long term economic development.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsAvaliação de estratégias inovadoras na organização da atenção primária à saúde
OBJETIVO: Comparar el desempeño de Unidades Básicas de Salud según la implantación de nuevas soluciones y estrategias de atención primaria y salud mental.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsImplications of market access on soil and water conservation investment in Sebei sub region of eastern Uganda
The objective was to determine the influence of market access or lack of it, on farmer investment in soil and water conservation (SWC) technologies in the highlands of eastern Uganda.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsNEWS for Africa : adaptation and reliability of a built environment questionnaire for physical activity in seven African countries
This study reports on the adaptation and test-retest reliability of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale in seven sub-Saharan African countries (NEWS-Africa).
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsInnovation platforms : a tool for scaling up sustainable land management innovations in the highlands of Eastern Uganda
Scaling up is not just about technology transfer but a critical understanding of the needs and visions of farmers as well.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsDetermining the most sensitive socioeconomic parameters for quantitative risk assessment
Risk is assessed as a function of exposure, hazard, and vulnerability, defined in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), where exposure and vulnerabilit
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsICT4Scale in smallholder agriculture : contributions and challenges
This article presents the main findings from a study of 15 agricultural development projects that employed a diversity of information and communications technology (ICT) tools.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsDeterminants of stillbirths occurred in health facilities in Zambezia province, Mozambique
The article reviews research to identify determinants of stillbirth.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsCarga de enfermedad por tabaquismo e impacto potencial del incremento de precios de cigarrillos en el Perú
Objetivos. Estimar la carga de enfermedad asociada al tabaquismo y evaluar el potencial impacto económico y en salud del aumento de los impuestos a los cigarrillos en el Perú.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsFinal technical report - Annex 5 - Root hair endophytes in finger millet
The objectives of this study were to isolate bacterial endophytes from finger millet, assay for anti-Fusarium activity and characterize the underlying cellular, molecular and biochemical mechanisms
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsIntegrated natural resource management in the Highlands of Eastern Africa : from concept to practice
This book summarizes experiences of farmers, research and development workers, policy and decision-makers in an integrated approach to natural resource management (INRM) through the African Highlan
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsFeminist advocacy, family law and violence against women: international perspectives
Around the world, discriminatory legislation prevents women from accessing their human rights.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsPublic finances and tobacco taxation with product variety : theory and application to Senegal and Nigeria
Results of the study show that excise tax development does not have the same implications for the two countries.
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsUrban food sources and the challenges of food availability according to the Brazilian dietary guidelines recommendations
The high prevalence of obesity among low-income populations is related to their restricted access to healthy foods, as well as to the increasing density of fast-food and convenience stores where th
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsKnowledge, attitude, and practice and service barriers in a tuberculosis programme in Lakes State, South Sudan : a qualitative study
The limited network of tuberculosis (TB) facilities for case detection, lack of community distribution of TB drugs, and lack of food at hospitals when patients were admitted for treatment, are key
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PublicationsNo relevant topicsNutritional contents of advanced breeding clones of Solanum tuberosum group Phureja
Nutritional contents of seven advanced breeding clones (AC) of potato (Solanum tuberosum group Phureja) and two commercial cultivars, Criolla Colombia and Criolla Galeras, of S.
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