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Green Charcoal: Could Research at Gulu University Ignite a Biomass Energy Revolution in Uganda?
On a quiet Friday evening in March, Miriam Ajak, 23, stoops over the traditional three-stone stove in front of her hut in Lawiyeadul village, Laliya Parish, on the outskirts of Gulu City in northern Uganda, to prepare dinner for her...
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Live Webinar: Ulighed i Covid-19 krisen: Syd-Nord forskerdialog om deling af mad i Chile og Danmark
Mandag 26.april 16.00-17.30Tilmelding på Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcOiprjkiHtz7gxqNzFjaxUHvE0dCr7S116:00-16:05DDRN University Intern Meg Roux byder deltagerne velkommen, gennemgår webinarets program og giver praktiske råd om webinarets forløb.16:05-16:15Aktionsforsker og leder Irene Valentina Di Lauro om FællesSkabets køleskab på Nørrebro, hvor enkeltpersoner og butikker donerer madvarer...
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Live Webinar: Ulighed i Covid-19 krisen: Syd-Nord forskerdialog om kvinders kår i Peru og Danmark
Tirsdag 27.april 16.00-17.30 Tilmelding på Zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcOiprjkiHtz7gxqNzFjaxUHvE0dCr7S1 16:00-16:05 DDRN University Intern Mia Pedersen byder deltagerne velkommen, gennemgår webinarets program og giver praktiske råd om webinarets forløb. 16:05-16:20 Leder Malene Muusholm fortæller om 'Reden's indsats for handlede kvinder på Vesterbro og...
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Leaving so many behind in the Covid-19 crisis
The Group of Seven (G7) - consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States - recently announced steps to globally facilitate “affordable access to vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics” to minimize the risk of Covid-19...
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Learning from one of the marginalised sectors in society – the Higaonon tribe of Bukidnon, Philippines
While we fight for the last grain to survive, the Higaonon tribe – a group of indigenous peoples in the remote mountain villages of Bukidnon, Philippines – have lived for centuries utilising the plant resources in their ancestral land. These...
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Upcoming research: Accountability – What makes people do the right thing all the time?
There aren’t too many South Africans in Denmark, so any reminder of my country of birth is a source of comfort. When I heard Nadeem Salie’s voice through my laptop speakers during our Zoom call, it felt a little bit...
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New DANIDA research strategy 2021?
In January 2021, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Mr. Flemming Møller Mortensen, invited inputs for a New strategy for Danish Development Cooperation Policy to replace the current ‘The World 2030’ strategy which is expiring this year. Among researchers, there is...
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From coca to cacao agroforestry – a sustainable livelihood strategy in the Peruvian Amazon
‘’Plato or Plumo’’. There is no other way I could start this article than by mentioning the famous intimidating words of Pablo Escobar, the drug lord who reigned not just Colombia but entire Latin America in the 1970s. It literally...
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New research 2023: DANIDA funded development research in waiting
The 2021 Call for applications Window 1 and 2 for DANIDA funded development research was published by Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC)* in late November 2020.Early in 2020, a Swedish consultancy team had published their findings from an evaluation of DANIDA...
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Can a pest species earn you more than the principal crop?
This article is about my master’s fieldwork experience in Ghana, where I looked into the contribution of an edible pest species to rural livelihoods in the country and the accessibility constraints associated with its harvest. As Erasmus Mundus scholars, we...
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