SA’s urban green spaces in spotlight
The Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA), a 3 000 hectare piece of green open space that is still zoned exclusively for agriculture within Cape Town’s urban sprawl, may take up space that could be used…
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Coffee sector and research meet at EfD-Central America Policy Day
Turrialba, Costa Rica. This past 22nd of August, the EfD policy interaction workshop gathered host researchers, practitioners and decision-makers from the coffee sector, to present EEfD research and…
The Conversation: smart metering and water conservation
A smart water metering device, developed by EPRU research associate Ass Prof Thinus Booysen from Stellenbosch University's Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department, features in The Conversation…
Call for papers and research designs- Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE)
The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE) is pleased to announce a special international meeting to be held January 26-28, 2018 at New York University-Abu Dhabi. Call for papers and…
Training course targeting young Asian researchers with PhD
The Agriculture for Food Security 2030 (AgriFoSe2030) programme, a Swedish initiative, will conduct a training course for young Asian researchers on effective research-to-policy communication for…
Redesigning water-friendly cities
If Cape Town’s urban surfaces are designed to be porous and water-catching, it could help meet many of the city’s water needs through recharging the Cape Flats aquifer, while also helping to manage…
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Aloyce Hepelwa from EfD Tanzania will participate 5th Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF) in Kigali
Dr. Aloyce Hepelwa EfDTanzania research fellow will participate to the 5 th Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF) that will take place in Kigali, Rwanda from 23 to 25 th October, 2017 at Kigali Marriott…
Prospects and Challenges for Harnessing Demographic Dividend in Tanzania: A Window of Opportunity
EfD Tanzania researchers, Dr. John Mduma and Dr. Wilhelm Ngasamiaku, in collaboration with researchers from University of Dar es Salaam and African Institute for Development Policy carried a study on…
Workshop on Estimation of Employment on the Chilean Mussel Aquaculture Industry
CASTRO, CHILE: Senior EfD researcher, Jorge Dresdner, and colleagues will report the results of a study, FIPA 2016-56, whose aim was to estimate the employment generated by Chilean mussel aquaculture…
Jorge Dresdner from EfD Chile will participate in Workshop on Vulnerability to Climate Change of Chilean Salmoniculture
It is an interdisciplinary meeting to elaborate a methodological proposal to evaluate the vulnerability to climate change of salmon farming in Southern Chile. The objective is to create a…