“Gender plays a key role for sustainable farming in Africa,” says EfD Ethiopia researcher Hailemariam Teklewold in an interview with EurActiv, a news service for news on EU policies. EurActiv receives…

Within the unique wetland area Mpumalanga Lake District in South Africa lies the site of a proposed, and controversial, opencast coal mine, the Lusthof colliery. It will require a preliminary ‘set…

The more years of education a woman has, the more likely it is that her household uses sustainable farming practices. By combining certain sustainable farming methods, many poor farmers would increase…

Carbon taxes are clearly progressive and can easily cut a country’s vehicle emissions by more than half. Support to solar and wind technologies are as important, though also tricky to design, said…

The in-service training on “Environmental Economics” was organized by the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) based at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) from 24…

The President’s office, Planning commission has engaged the University of Dar es salaam through the Department of Economics to organize consultative activities on Post 2015 Development Agenda. The…

The workshop on Community Forests, Climate Change and REDD+ in Ethiopia was organized by the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) in collaboration with Portland State University…

In order for research to contribute to a more sustainable development, it is critical that research results reach out to a wide audience. The aim of this course is to enhance the PhD students…

On December 12 and 13 the EfD holds a workshop on collaborative water sector research in Kenya. EfD researchers from Kenya, USA, and Sweden will meet in Gothenburg, Sweden to discuss recent reforms in…

The SANRAL toll road issue has become a public debate in recent time following the furor over tolling in Johannesburg. When SANRAL announced that it wanted to toll the N1 and N2 highways as they come…