Research project

In 2015, the University of Zambia, together with five partner organizations, started a project on Zambian traditional non-alcoholic fermented foods. Mabisi (based on milk) and Munkoyo (based on cereal) were chosen for the study. »

The Global Challenges Programme aquaponics project received the Dutch research partners of the consortium for field visits in Ethiopia. They visited all three project sites, Shewa Robit, Hawassa and Metehara. »

In the framework of the GCP project Women Food Entrepreneurs, a geochemical survey was carried out in Burkina Faso in order to find rocks suitable for producing powder for soil conditioning. »

Olivier M. Joffre, Laurens Klerkx, Malcolm Dickson and Marc Verdegem of the GCP project “Nutritious-system pond farming in Vietnam” published a research article entitled “How is innovation in aquaculture conceptualized and managed? A systematic literature review and reflection framework to inform analysis and action”. »

Duration: 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2019 Project information Aim: The aim of this project “Enhancing Rice-Greengram productivity in Northern Uganda (ERIGNU)” is to introduce greengram in rice cropping system to increase land productivity, improve soil fertility, and enhance farmer’s income and nutrition among women and youth. Poverty levels in the northern Uganda remain the highest »

Duration: 01 January 2017 to 31 December 2019 Project information Aim: This project aims to assess the benefits of biochar-urine fertilizer to improving year-round food security and diets among vulnerable small-scale farmers in rural Bangladesh, in particularly women and young children, when implemented at scale. In Bangladesh, 35% of children are chronically undernourished and their diets deficient in vitamins and minerals. Homestead »