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The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) have created a brand new and innovative Masters degree entitled MA Rural Development Dynamics to focus on the social and economic aspects of rural development, a recognised strength of the Institute.
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Building on a long history of research and development on integrated pest management [IPM] technologies for agriculture in developing countries and in the UK, NRI has inaugurated the European Centre for IPM. The EUCIPM was publically launched at...
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An NRI and Concern Worldwide joint report was launched on Monday at the Houses of Parliament, which calls for more targeted investment in agriculture for the poorest and most vulnerable farmers.
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Scientists at the University of Greenwich are in a race against time to tackle a deadly virus threatening to cause a famine in Eastern Africa.
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We are pleased to announce several new publications by NRI authors on aspects of climate change and agriculture.
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A team from NRI recently gave presentations at the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Working Group meeting at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva about their work on the "Agrifood Standards - Compliance Increases Trade for...
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In Arusha, Tanzania, a new facility has been built for the mass production of a biological control agent for African armyworm with technical help from David Grzywacz and colleagues at NRI.
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Dr Helena Posthumus of NRI attended the 5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture in Brisbane, Australia (26-29 September 2011). Conservation Agriculture is a farming system approach based on three principles (minimum soil disturbance,...
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A very successful training course on proposal writing, research methods and intellual property rights for early career researchers and extensionists working with tropical root and tuber crops from six Pacific nations was held at the University of...
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The impact of postharvest losses of staple cereal grains in Sub-Saharan Africa is being shown to the world on YouTube. Following the publication by the World Bank of 'Missing Food: The case of postharvest losses in Sub-Saharan Africa' (prepared...
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