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Increasing agricultural productivity is essential to feeding a fast-growing population and has the potential to lift rural families out of poverty. Sustainable Agricultural Intensification (SAI) provides the means to do this with limited available...
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NRI has been working to reduce losses and waste after harvest since the food crisis of the 1970s.
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Responding to climate change is one of the most urgent challenges facing humankind. The most severe impacts are likely to be suffered by the poorest and most vulnerable in society who live in more fragile environments and have the least resources...
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Enjoy some seasonal reading with NRI’s latest Annual Review, packed full of news about the work we do to address global challenges and generate knowledge for a sustainable world. Best viewed by downloading the PDF.
2019 will be NRI’s...
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The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) at the University of Greenwich welcomes Professor Vegard Iversen as the new Head of its Livelihoods and Institutions Department.
An applied micro development economist with a PhD from the University of...
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Trekking far into isolated parts of Madagascar’s Natural Resource Reserve (COFAV), a protected area around the Ambositra-Vondrozo Forest Corridor with no roads and limited modern facilities, NRI’s Professor Ben Bennett and Dr Debbie Rees crossed...
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Professor Richard Hopkins has been promoted to lead the Agriculture, Health and Environment Department of the NRI. He will take up his new post on 1st October.
The Agriculture, Health and Environment Department has over 30 world-leading scientists...
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Maris Piper, a popular British potato variety, is widely considered the potato of choice to make the tastiest roast potatoes. Chefs and diners alike know how this variety, when roasted, will produce the crispiest coating with the fluffiest...
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Remember the days when you would go to the market and see stall upon stall of fresh fruit and vegetables? “Get your apples, pears and bananas here! Fifty pence for your punnet of strawberries,” the market traders would shout as customers openly...
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A personal account by Dr Conor Walsh, Environmental Scientist at NRI
Like many people, I was affected by the heavy snow that fell in Medway in Kent, UK, last February. As I was trying and failing to cycle home in the snow, I stopped to take this...
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