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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Material for life: Writing an autobiography of waste in South Asia

Cities in the region struggle with mismanaged waste. Can they learn from past crises to...

“It changes the relationship”: The power of film in research for development

What happens when scientists take up filmmaking to tell stories about their work in the...

A better life off the land: Villagers join forces in Myanmar

As forest and farmland dwindle, a project bets on collective action to get smallholders on...

Rooting out invaders: A strategy against exotic trees in East Africa

A ‘selfish’ species is gobbling up pastoral land in Kenya, stirring up trouble. Ecologists and...

Conservation vs. farming: A shared vision for land in Madagascar

Farmers on the island nation face conflicting demands often shaped by global forces. Can they...

Mining dialogues: Designing a tool for healthy conflict in Africa

The business of extracting prized minerals comes with thorny negotiations. Researchers are about to put...

Homes made of coconut: Building sustainably in the Philippines

Salvaged husks are being fashioned into construction material – designed in Switzerland, made in the...

Banking on savings: Women get bargaining power in rural Rwanda

Casual workers are losing out from the country’s shift to commercial farming. Collective bank accounts...