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By Ben Bennett
Lipid oils extracted from plants are particularly good for use in cosmetics because they are very stable and can therefore carry other oils without going rancid: which is not a desirable quality in a body butter! Two oils extracted...
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Biodiversity and associated indigenous knowledge around the world are eroding fast. The NRI project 'African Dryland Alliance for Pesticidal Plant Technologies' (ADAPPT) aims to bring together indigenous and scientific expertise to retain this...
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Livestock can act as a potential pathway out of poverty for rural producers and other actors throughout the value chain, but it is dependent on market access. There has been a long history of successful export of non-livestock products from African...
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Scientists from 42 countries around the world gathered in Nigeria for the 16th Triennial International Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC). Root and tuber crops are important for the diets and livelihoods of 2...
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NRI research confirms that there are tangible, significant and sometimes considerable economic, social, technical, organisational and empowerment benefits to smallholder families and estate workers in Malawi arising from Fairtrade certification....
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The 16th Triennial Symposium of the International Society Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC) this week is hosted by the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. More than 300 root and tuber crops scientists will attend the meeting to share...
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Experts at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) are leading a major new project that will deliver knowledge to support the development of markets for cassava products in sub-Saharan Africa. The Cassava Growth Markets Project (CassavaGMarkets)...
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Don Reynolds, a scientist at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), together with colleagues from Rothamsted Research, the UK Met Office and the Universities of Exeter, Oxford, York and Lund (Sweden), have published a paper in Proceedings of the...
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A joint report by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) and Concern Worldwide, calling for more targeted investment in agriculture for the poorest and most vulnerable farmers, was launched last year at the Houses of Parliament. In July this year, a...
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Monday August 20th is World Mosquito Day, celebrating the discovery of the role mosquitoes play in malaria transmission. On this day in 1897, Sir Ronald Ross made a breakthrough that would later earn him a Nobel prize in medicine when he found...
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