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1 November 2017
Published by: REAL Centre
School in a bag’, buddy systems and catch-up clubs have paved the way for improved learning and reduced dropout in schools in Malawi and Lesotho.
1 August 2017
The purpose of this article is to assess factors that contributed to the apparent success of the Farm Input Support Programme (FISP) in...
6 July 2017
Published by: STEPS Centre
Working Paper by Saurabh Arora on the representations of 'agency' in human and non-human actors (for example, governments, scientists and technologies) in literature on the Green Revolution in East Africa. The author also explores what is masked or hidden by the way these agents are represented.
For this DfID-funded project, we will be providing a synthesis of the types of monitoring, evaluation and data being used by investors and the private sector in agricultural supply chains in a developing country context.
1 January 2017
Published by: Elsevier
Trees on farms are often overlooked in agricultural and natural resource research and policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article addresses this gap using data from five countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda.
1 November 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative
Many international development research projects aim to influence policy and practice by providing rigorous evidence that impacts on real-life decisions. To ensure the evidence they are generating engages their target audiences, researchers need to interact with a range of different actors, processes and systems – and work through knowledge intermediaries.
1 November 2016
Many international development research projects aim to go far beyond influencing academic debate - they also seek to build relationships and networks, influence attitudes and behaviours, and inform policy and practice. This Learning Guide seeks to draw out some of the key lessons on successful approaches to engaging non-academic audiences for impactful research.
Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) is a five-year, DFID-funded, research programme consortium which aims to produce new evidence and policy insights into different pathways to agricultural commercialisation in Africa and their differential outcomes for local people and economies.
29 April 2016
Published by: IDS
Development theory has built on the historic experience of rich countries to identify a foundational role for agricultural growth in national economic development.
28 January 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Throughout the 1990s, debates about human rights and development increasingly converged. With a renewed focus on poverty reduction,...