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The second volume of a major three-part reference work edited by NRI's post-harvest specialists has recently been published by Blackwell Publishing. Post-harvest activities (food storage, processing and marketing) are the backbone of the...
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Research by scientists from NRI and East Malling Research (EMR) has been honoured by an Environmental Award given by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, sponsored by Waitrose. Their work on the chemical structure of the pheromone of the apple...
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The process of decentralization in many developing countries is facing new and challenging demands. Municipal and local governments are being given increased responsibility to develop strategies that will: (i) secure jobs; and (ii) revitalize local...
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There is an urgent need for methods for the detection of hazardous compounds in foods and drugs that do not involve the use of animals.
The commercial partnership between the University of Greenwich and the Kent-based innovative SME Crown Bio...
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Yam (Dioscorea species) has its centre of origin in West Africa where 90% of world production currently occurs. In West Africa yam is steeped in cultural history and revered as a cultural symbol of fertility, for example it is an essential element...
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NRI is helping to organize an e-conference on "Tackling Poverty Through Multiple-Use Water Services". The e-conference, running from 17 May to 25 June, is being coordinated by the IRC-led Thematic Group on Productive Uses of Water at the Household...
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An innovative instrument for on-site soil testing has been developed by a commercial partnership between a University of Greenwich team (led by NRI's Prof. Ray Coker) and the Kent-based innovative SME Crown Bio Systems (CBS), together with an...
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A three-year curriculum-development project in Uzbekistan – funded by the EC Tempus programme and led by one of NRI's food management experts, David Walker – has concluded with a major seminar at Bukhara Technological Institute of Food and...
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NRI's research on natural biological control of the African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta, has been gaining media attention. Following a press release by the University of Greenwich, an article about the work appeared on 13 December in the New...
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NRI's Professor of Food Safety, Ray Coker, has been awarded a £45,000 SMART grant by the UK's Department of Trade and Industry to develop an instrument that will allow food wholesalers and retailers to test their own products for the presence of...
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