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Climate versatile biological farm to flush surveillance and management of aflatoxins in Kenya

Research project Research project Aflatoxins (AF), natural toxins produced by fungus in maize, the main staple food in Kenya, impose a significant health, food security, and economic burden in Kenya. AF contamination has been attributed to agricultural practices and climate change am ...

2025-04-01 to 2030-03-31 Kenya Agricultural production Food security and safety Health Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya Chuka University, Kenya African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), Kenya Project coordinator: Patrick Njage Project code: 25-01-DTU Total grant: 9,999,037 DKK

Green Conflicts in Kenya’s Northern Drylands (FRONTLANDS)

Research project Research project Green Conflicts in Kenya’s Northern Drylands (FRONTLANDS) examines the impact of global and national green energy and biodiversity conservation initiatives in Northern Kenya's pastoral regions. The project seeks to understand how these green initiati ...

2025-04-01 to 2030-03-31 Kenya Climate change Natural resource management State building, governance and civil society Lead institution: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark Partner institutions: Kenyatta University (KU), Kenya British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), Kenya Project coordinator: Peter Albrecht Project code: 25-02-DIIS Total grant: 10,400,000 DKK

Towards Sustainable Carbon Markets in Tanzania

Research project Research project The SUSTCARB project seeks to promote more sustainable international carbon markets. It does so by examining how new market standards and technologies for measurement and monitoring are changing how carbon projects unfold on the ground in Tanzania. I ...

2025-04-01 to 2030-03-31 Tanzania Climate change Economic development and value chains Natural resource management Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Dodoma (UDOM), Tanzania Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania Project coordinator: Jens Friis Lund Project code: 25-03-KU Total grant: 9,955,379 DKK

Buying-In and Buying-Out in GREEN transition investments: Exploring the effects on local communities and government in Tanzania

Research project Research project The objective of the research programme ‘Buying-In and Buying-Out in GREEN transition investments: exploring the effects on local communities and government in Tanzania’ is to investigate how GREEN transition investments are implemented in Tanzania. ...

2025-04-01 to 2030-03-31 Tanzania Climate change Energy Natural resource management Lead institution: Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Dodoma (UDOM), Tanzania Aga Khan University (AKU), Tanzania Policy Forum, Tanzania Project coordinator: Lars Buur Project code: 25-04-RUC Total grant: 9,999,847 DKK

Climate-Resilient Banana Production in Uganda

Research project Research project Banana is a economically very significant crop in Uganda, yet productivity on smallholder farms is low and has even declined further in recent years due to several factors, including climate-change induced water stress, pests and diseases and low soi ...

2025-04-01 to 2029-12-31 Uganda Agricultural production Climate change Gender equality Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Makerere University (MAK), Uganda National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL), Uganda Uganda Banana Producers Cooperative Union, Uganda Davis and Shirtliff International, Uganda Project coordinator: Hans Jørgensen Project code: 25-05-KU Total grant: 9,999,712 DKK

Climate Resilience Solutions in the West Nile Region of Uganda (CARIS)

Research project Research project The key research goal of the proposed project is to analyze and develop gender responsive climate change resilience solutions to the hydrological, agricultural and environmental conditions in the West Nile region of Uganda. The region is subject to s ...

2025-04-01 to 2029-12-31 Uganda Climate change Gender equality Natural resource management Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Makerere University (MAK), Uganda Muni University, Uganda Water Resources Institute (WRI), Uganda WWF Uganda Country Office, Uganda WWF Verdensnaturfonden, Denmark Project coordinator: Karsten Høgh Jensen Project code: 25-06-KU Total grant: 9,993,313 DKK

Climate-resilient and eco-friendly rice for Africa

Research project Research project Rice is an increasingly important staple food crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, but currently, its production is insufficient to meet the rising demand. Increases in extreme weather events challenge local rice production and distribution systems, making th ...

2025-04-01 to 2030-03-31 Kenya Tanzania Agricultural production Climate change Food security and safety Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Tanzania Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Kenya International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines Project coordinator: Ole Pedersen Project code: 25-07-KU Total grant: 9,999,999 DKK

Groundwater fluoride and salinity vs. equity in arid regions: Obtaining inclusive and sustainable resource management (GEM)

Research project Research project Africa’s entire population lives in water-insecure countries with Kenya hosting 13 million people facing significant challenges in accessing clean water. Major water hazards in Kenya, especially in its arid regions, are recurring droughts and high fl ...

2025-04-01 to 2029-12-31 Kenya Aquatic environment and resources Climate change Natural resource management Lead institution: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya Turkana University College (TUC), Kenya University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Regional Centre on Groundwater Resources Education, Training & Research (RCGW), Kenya Water Resources Authority (WRA), Kenya Project coordinator: Jolanta Kazmierczak Project code: 25-08-GEUS Total grant: 10,000,000 DKK

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