Agriculture newsfeed on DFID funded research

Research into the carbon footprint of South African fruit and wine exports could challenge the idea that exported products from the developing world have a bigger environmental cost

The DFID-funded Siyanda website highlights resources on gender mainstreaming in research

African science has received a boost with the announcement of a £3.3 million partnership between the Leverhulme Trust and the Royal Society to fund collaborations between scientists in Ghana, Tanzania and the UK

DFID has now determined its allocations for the CGIAR Centres and Challenge Programmes for this financial year

DFID?s research programme SEACAP in South East Asia produces solutions for regional planning and local participation

The second Research Into Use (RIU) call for proposals is for the African Innovation Challenge Fund

An Implementation Timetable has recently been published for the new DFID Research Strategy. It provides information about the likely content and timing of future research competitions and calls for proposals

CGIAR is allocated £130 million as part of the funding already announced for agricultural research under DFID's new 5-year research strategy

A pilot initiative to provide training to radio and print journalists from East Africa, alongside a major international conference, has helped to strengthen links between scientific researchers and the media