Knowledge for a sustainable world

Development Programme:
Food Systems for Improved Nutrition

The NRI is a member of Agrinatura, an alliance of major European research and development institutions, universities and other institutions working in agriculture, natural resource management, food and nutrition.

Current projects within this programme include collaborations with:

  • Africa Innovations Institute, Uganda
  • Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), France
  • HarvestPlus
  • Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), France
  • International Potato Center (CIP), Peru
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
  • National Agriculture Research Organisation, Uganda
  • Newcastle University, United Kingdom
  • Purdue University, United States
  • Sasakawa Global 2000 Uganda
  • Scottish Association of Marine Science, United Kingdom
  • Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
  • United Nations World Food Programme
  • University of Manchester, United Kingdom
  • University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Our current research is funded by:

  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • European Commission, Directorate-General for International Collaboration and Development
  • UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
  • UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
  • United Nations World Food Programme