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Learning from the rainforest: new approaches for West African cocoa

In West Africa, cocoa is mainly grown in monocultures using synthetic fertilisers and pesticides. This...

From restaurant waste to animal feed in six days

In Jinja, where the White Nile flows out of Lake Victoria, larvae of the black...

From poison to biology: how nematodes could help Kenyan farmers defeat the fall armyworm

Since 2016, the fall armyworm has been devouring maize fields across Africa and it has...

‘Ahead of its time’: A Swiss research partnership powers global development solutions

The Green Vein: Agroecology Rising in West Africa

From September to November 2019, the r4d Food Systems Caravan toured as a 50 day...

Facility-based indicators to monitor cervical cancer control services for women living with HIV

In collaboration with the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) consortium, the Cervical Cancer...

SEDUCE & CONQUER | How an invasive tree divides farmers and gobbles up land in Kenya

Beaucoup plus qu’un sport

Deux anciennes footballeuses participent au projet Kick it Like a Girl ! et partagent leurs...

DOCUMENTARY: “Double Loss”: Commercial agriculture, women and food insecurity in Cambodia

The documentary "double loss" shares first-hand accounts of the challenges faced by Cambodian rural communities...

WOMEN EMPOWERED: Vital Work Made Visible

When researchers get immersed in communities, from Brazil to Nepal and the African continent, their...

Food is Yam: How to Sustain a West African Staple that Saps the Earth

In West Africa, yam is a staple. But it saps the earth of nutrients, leaving...

No Turning Back: A Dairy Shakeup For Kenya’s Smallholders

Women have little power when it comes to land in rural Kenya. But Beatrice Yamumu,...

Rising Above Waste: The Workers Hidden in Nepal’s Mountains of Trash

Nepali women making a living sorting through landfill waste in Kathmandu get less pay and...

Three viewpoints about pluralistic memories regarding three armed conflicts

As part of the international research project Pluralistic Memories, three young researchers have obtained rare...

Invisible Work: Why Women Farmers Resist Brazil’s Ban on Artisanal Cheese

When researchers get immersed in communities, their work helps make women's work visible. ...

How to reform apprenticeship in Benin? Integrating modern and traditional systems

Traditional apprenticeship has been an important source of employment for most school dropouts and youth...

Fostering collective capabilities and action for sustainable agricultural intensification in Myanmar

In Myanmar, small-scale farmers, agribusinesses, and industrial companies are competing for access to land, causing...

Export-ready: Helping Ghana’s small firms to trade across borders

Africa’s free-trade area is a chance for businesses to break into new markets. A project...

A new culture of failure in North-South research partnerships

Brilliant failure – at first this sounds more like a contradiction than a productive way...

Kick it like a girl! Des jeunes footballeuses camerounaises se racontent

En prenant les rênes du récit, quatre footballeuses camerounaises racontent leur histoire. Et battent en...

Wir sind alle Protagonisten: Über partizipative Aktionsforschung, bäuerliche Netzwerke und den Siegeszug der Pflanzenkohle in Kuba

Es war das r4d-Projekt Bio-C, das die Pflanzenkohle 2018 nach Kuba brachte. Ein Jahr später...

Heilsame Dialoge in Guatemala

Spitäler und ärztliche Praxen gibt es in Petén kaum. Anstatt klinisch geschulter Fachkräfte kümmern sich...

How do resource extraction projects affect community health? – Evidence from Mozambique and other African countries

The resource extraction sector in Mozambique has proliferated in the last decade. While the development...

Health impacts of large natural resource extraction projects in Tanzania

Tanzania is rich in natural resources and saw a rapid growth of the extractive industries...

A drop of vanilla: Finding a way out of Madagascar’s ‘triple crisis’

Farmers trading in the popular spice rely on forest just as much. Can dialogue centred...

Gender in public health research: overcoming resistance and leveraging opportunities

There are significant gender inequalities in public health. To address these inequalities, it is crucial...

Sur la bonne voie : Des outils pour accéder au travail décent en Afrique de l’Ouest

Trouver un bon emploi n’est pas chose aisée au Togo et Burkina Faso. Équipés de...

Mehr Wissen bedeutet mehr Sicherheit: Pestizide im kubanischen Kartoffelanbau

Wie sich ausgebrachte Pestizide in kubanischen Böden und Kartoffeln verhalten, wusste man bisher nicht. Das...

Ventures for richer soil: Turning organic leftovers into compost in Ghana

Farmers struggling with depleted land tap techniques to make quality fertiliser from oil palm and...

How to bring evidence from research into policy? Lessons from five global public health projects

In public health, evidence generated by research can form the basis of effective new laws,...

An app for apples: Safeguarding ancient fruit forests in Central Asia

Citizen science and early testing could save the world’s cradle of pome trees from fire...

Food Academy: Testing sustainability in the system for small farms

A virtual training teaches how to spot food-system bottlenecks that keep smallholders on the losing...

Kick it like a girl!

La popularité croissante du football féminin au Cameroun et au Sénégal fait bouger les lignes...

Set up to succeed: Training to access decent work in West Africa

Good jobs don’t come easy in Togo and Burkina Faso. Given the right support, counsellors...

Impacts sanitaires de l’exploitation minière industrielle en Afrique subsaharienne : le cas du Burkina Faso

Le secteur minier en Afrique subsaharienne, notamment au Burkina Faso, a connu une croissance rapide...

Health impacts of industrial mining in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa

Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, have mineral deposits in commercial quantities. While industrial...

Utilization of research knowledge in transformation pathways towards sustainability

Co-creation of research knowledge between academics and non-academic stakeholders, contributes to sustainable development and societal...

Infographic: Use of research knowledge by society

Illustration:Christiane Franke...

Bridging the science-practitioner gap in ecosystem research for development

The impact of research for development investments in the Global South can be increased when...

Turn the radio on: Strategies for more fertile African soils

What research has identified as sustainable solution should not remain theory. Especially when it comes...