Research project

Project team members Myrtille Danse and Kelly Rijswijk from the Global Challenges Programme second call project  “Bringing food security to scale in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Mozambique: understanding and supporting the role of intermediaries in inclusive business networks” attended the 12th European IFSA Symposium and presented research findings . Every two years the European department »

In this post all researchers are presented who are involved in the Global Challenges Programme (GCP) research project aiming to strengthen women’s food entrepreneurship in city slums in Kenya & Burkina Faso. »

Project member Huig Bergsma wrote a Blogpost about the stakeholder workshop “Micronutrient management for improving harvests, farmers’ incomes, human nutrition, and the environment” organized on April 5, 2016, by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform at Centraal Museum in Utrecht. »

On May 4, 2016 a Knowledge Sharing Seminar was held in Comilla City on the theme of “Assessment of rodenticide use and rodenticide resistance in Bangladesh in order to reduce post-harvest losses”. The seminar was organized with the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Department of Food, Rice Mill Owners, Media, SMEs and NGOs. Chief Guest »

Duration: November 14, 2016 – August 31, 2020 Project information While consumption of vegetables in emerging economies falls well short of dietary recommendations, vegetable production contributes to environmental pollution and health risks. This project will engage with small farmers and organizations involved in low-or-no-pesticide production methods to develop more effective production, knowledge sharing methods and »

Duration: September 01, 2016 – August 31, 2020 Project information Seafood is vital to the health and food security of millions of poor consumers in rapidly expanding city regions in the global south. This project aims to understand how low-price fish chains contribute to urban food security in India and Ghana and to identify policy »