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Should smallholder farmers in Vietnam specialize or diversify?
In the case of Vietnam, is crop diversification or specialization better for small farms, in terms of efficiency and productivity?
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Director for EfD South Africa Awarded SARChI Research Chair
EfD South Africa director, Martine Visser, has been awarded the Governance and Economics of Ecological Infrastructure Research Chair presented by The South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI)…
“I hope to help improve the livelihoods of people”
The premises of EfD's Global Hub, located at the University of Gothenburg, usually hosts a very international crowd of staff and visiting scholars. Currently, it’s even more so: Fourteen Ph.D…
Uganda’s IGE Fellows discussed national policies on fossil fuel, plastic pollution, and forest loss
Uganda’s participants in the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program, so-called IGE fellows, call for national policy instruments that have clear objectives and implementation plans. They also emphasize…
Researchers analyze the feasibility of a tri-national water fund
EfD Central America researchers, Roger Madrigal, and Eduardo Pacay visited the Trifinio Region, where the territories of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala meet. The purpose was to network and…
”If you’re a doctor you want to tend to the sickest patient”
Michael Hanemann has been working on the economics of water most of his professional life, but with a different perspective than many others. He claims that the economics of water is too important to…
“Building long-term relationships with policymakers is the biggest challenge”
Twenty researchers from the Global South who obtained their doctor’s degree five years ago or less are participating in the EfD’s Early Career Fellowship program. The purpose of the program is to…
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New project seeks solutions to mitigate climate change related conflicts through insurance.
The Environment and Climate Research Center, ECRC, has garnered collaborative research funding for a project titled “From Climate change to Conflict: Mitigation through insurance”. The study will…
Workshop on fossil fuel, plastic pollution, and forest loss in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian team in the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program conducted a workshop on the draft National Policy Review (NPR) covering three themes; fossil fuel, plastic pollution, and forest loss…