Research project

Please download the factsheet with midterm findings of this GCP-2 Integrated Project. »

Researchers from GCP-4 project OSMARE are studying the factors that detract from or contribute to resilient business models of smallholder farmers in East and Southern Africa. During a visit to a dairy farm, milk bulking group (MBG) and processing plant in Malawi in 2018, Francis Jiva and Rob Lubberink were introduced to some of the challenges in dairy production, from farm to fridge, and set out to better understand the context in which OSMARE research will take place over the next 3 years. »

Please download the factsheet with midterm findings of this GCP-2 Integrated Project. »

In the frame of the Global Challenges Programme, the research team of the project “Women Food Entrepreneurs in Kenya and Burkina Faso” published a video presentation with research output of study sites in Kisumu and Ouagadougou.  »

Olivier M. Joffre, Laurens Klerkx and Tran N. D. Khoa of the GCP project “Nutritious-system pond farming in Vietnam” published a research article entitled “Aquaculture innovation system analysis of transition to sustainable intensification in shrimp farming” in Agronomy for Sustainable Development . »

Despite its contribution to the livelihoods of more than 300,000 individuals, to food security and nutrition in Benin, the fishery sector receives less attention from research and policymakers compared to other agricultural sectors. A study conducted among 1,066 inland fishers (including 227 fisherwomen) provided critical information about their activities, vulnerability, resilience and water sharing rules. »