22 May 2025
Grassroots projects provide more dignified alternative to food banks, research suggests
A new study of innovative, grassroots food projects in cities across the world - filling the gap left by insufficient state support for...
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22 May 2025
A new study of innovative, grassroots food projects in cities across the world - filling the gap left by insufficient state support for...
21 May 2025
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper draws on an international research collaboration to examine grass-roots innovations in food provisioning in five urban locations: Brighton & Hove, UK; Toronto, Canada; Montpellier, France; São Paulo, Brazil; and Cape Town, South Africa. It examines the innovative features of these experiences, their comparison to conventional food banks, and their transformative impact on existing food aid narratives and practices.
Investigating lived experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and how community engagement can be utilised by local government in the UK, France and USA to improve response to future pandemic outbreak.
4 November 2022
Published by: Inter-American Development Bank
This comparative note describes common and distinct practices on capabilities to support the innovation activities of seven national...
Investment in innovation stands not only for technological improvements but also organisational changes, be it in relation to products,...
GroFutures is a 4-year interdisciplinary research project aiming to develop the scientific basis and participatory management processes by which groundwater resources can be used sustainably for poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa.