News - 2013
A new project to be undertaken by the Produce Quality Centre, a collaboration between NRI and East Malling Research (EMR), aims to increase the storage life of the winter vegetables cabbage and...
NRI has recently published the findings of a major four-year study (2009-2013) assessing the impact on poverty of voluntary sustainability standards such as Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade. The...
This year has proved another successful year for NRI and its contribution to sustainability within the University of Greenwich. For the third year running, NRI has been awarded the Gold Award for...
Central to the issues of high levels of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa is low agricultural productivity. David Grzywacz, Steve Belmain and Phil Stevenson of NRI co-authored a paper just published in...
Results of a survey of smallholder cotton fields in the main growing area of Tanzania, that were afflicted with what appeared to be a new disease that caused premature defoliation of the crop, have...
Rats pose a terrible threat to people in many developing countries. Dr Steve Belmain of NRI stated his case in a public lecture at Medway yesterday, that proper rodent management will reduce poverty...
NRI has been working with the Food Research Agency (FRA) and the World Food Programme on a pilot project to improve, monitor and evaluate grain quality control and to develop a mobile data collection...
The EU FP7 GRATITUDE project, 'Gains from Losses of Root and Tuber Crops', recently held its midterm review at Plant Research International, Wageningen, Netherlands from 4 to 7 November 2013. It was...
By popular request, after the success of the first biopesticide brokerage event for researchers and European crop protection companies, hosted in April this year at the University of Greenwich, the...
NRI have begun work on a new project "Limiting the impact of cassava brown streak disease on smallholders, women and the cassava value chain", or "LimitCBSD", to mitigate the impact of virus diseases...
Students studying the MSc Food Safety and Quality Management (FSQM) programme at NRI must understand the principles and practical application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), a...
A sonic installation that relies on the way male and female mosquitoes recognise members of their own species by 'singing' in tune with them, will be displayed at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in...