Research projects
The project focuses on how urban youth form and act out livelihood strategies in the fragile region of Karamoja in Uganda. Uganda is internationally considered a stable state, however Karamoja has a…
Total grant: 2,630,239
The native tree species P. biglobosa is important both economically and for sustaining livelihoods for rural people in the Sahel. In particular, sale of this resource is important to women, due to the…
resource management, carbon sequestration, economic evaluation, poverty alleviation, trees, value added
Aarhus University (AU), Denmark, National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), The Department of Terrestrial Ecology (AU)
University of Bobo-Dioulasso, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin, Aarhus University (AU), Denmark, National Environmental Research Institute (Silkeborg), Aarhus University, Denmark
Total grant: 1,664,275
MEDIeA’s analytical challenge is to understand the ways and means in which youth as ordinary citizens engage with civil society driven media and communication platforms and what socio-cultural and…
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark, Department of Communication Business and Information Technologies (RUC)
University of Dar Es Salaam, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,Tanzania, University of Nairobi, Institute of Development Studies, Kenya
Total grant: 5,544,977
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a disabling disease resulting from a mosquito-transmitted parasitic infection. It is one of the most prevalent of the Neglected Tropical Diseases, primarly a disease of…
disease control, disease transmission, drug delivery systems, epidemiology, lymphatic filariasis, monitoring
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU), Department of Veterinary Disease Biology (KU)
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania, University of Zambia, School of Veterinary Medicine, Zambia, Amani Medical Research Centre, Tanzania, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, USA, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Denmark
Total grant: 10,289,993
People increasingly organize their livelihood activities and strategies by straddling rural and urban locations. Personal, institutional and organizational links are established and enhanced across…
Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania, Faculty of Agriculture (SUA), Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness (SUA)
Total grant: 5,033,700
The objective of the project is to improve the research capacity within livestock production at Makerere University, Uganda and Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, - and at University of…
slaughter weight, beef, beef cattle, fattening, feeds, goat meat, goats, income, marketing, meat quality, production
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU), Department of Large Animal Science (KU)
Makerere University, Department of Animal Science, Uganda, Makerere University, Department of Agricultural Production, Uganda, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science and Production, Tanzania, University of Aarhus, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition Facilty of Agricultural Sciences, Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food Science, Denmark
Total grant: 7,624,137
This project shall contribute to sustainable, local production of bio-diesel from Jatropha curcas in Mali by establishment and dissemination of basic pre-breeding knowledge and facilitate future…
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Science (KU), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (KU)
Institut d'Economie Rural (IER), Mali, The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Niger, The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Mali, Mali-Folkecenter (MFC), Mali, Mali Biocarburant SA (MBSA), Mali
Total grant: 6,689,747
The main objective of this project is to create capacity in Nicaragua to study the dynamics of parasitic infections. Parasitic diseases are common in both man and livestock but current control…
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (KU), Department of Veterinary Disease Biology (KU)
Total grant: 1,395,753
The two infectious diseases: Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV are closely linked with crowding, poverty and under-nutrition. The severe wasting seen with both diseases, and more so if co-infecting patients,…
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Muhimbili Medical Centre,Tanzania, Jimma University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Ethiopia, University of Copenhagen, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Denmark
Total grant: 3,972,480
The objective of this project is to convert animal manure from an environmentally detrimental waste to a valuable resource. This is achieved through development of a sustainable Vietnamese biogas…
University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark, Faculty of Engineering (SDU), Institute of Chemical Engineering Biotechnology and Environmental Technology (SDU)
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry, Vietnam, University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark
Total grant: 6,189,101
Rising oil prices, the need for energy independence, improving rural livelihoods, and concerns with climate change have led to a revived interest in investing in large-scale biofuel production in…
Total grant: 2,673,933
This PhD proposal is about strategies minimizing harmful effects of climate changes and at the same time optimizing fruit production of Parkia biglobosa and Vitellaria paradoxa ssp. paradoxa in…
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Science (KU), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (KU)
Total grant: 2,855,863
This project uses and expands unique time-series data to study household-level climate change adaptation strategies in Nepal. The project is jointly developed and implemented by the Institute of…
climate change, community forestry, coping strategies, forest management, livelihoods, mountain areas
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Science (KU), Department of Food and Resource Economics (KU)
Tribhuwan University, Institute of Forestry, Nepal, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Department of Forest Research and Survey, Nepal
Total grant: 8,142,503
Forest ecosystems are increasingly under threat from climate and land use changes and degradation. Conservation and sustainable use strategies could include the diversification of agricultural…
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Science (KU), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (KU)
Total grant: 2,690,858
Abstract: Introduction: Given the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Zanzibar Ministry of Health has undertaken several measures to prevent Ebola infection, including training of health care…
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The aim of the project is to study the contribution of health insurance schemes to achieving health sector objectives such as access, equity, efficiency, resource mobilisation, risk protection and…
University of Ghana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Statistical and Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science (MUHAS), School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Department of Development Studies,Tanzania
Total grant: 4,680,940
Abstract: Upon estimations provided in studies and according to WHO, 80% of Africans use traditional medicine(1). 70% of Ghanaians are known to use herbal medicine(2) and currently in Ghana, there are…
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Food security in the Andes is low due to extremely harsh climatic conditions, poor soils, and a high poverty levels. The project objective is to improve food security in the Andean region by…
Total grant: 7,205,695
Lack of employment opportunities for young people is directly hindering development in sub-Saharan African countries. Entrepreneurship is increasingly considered to be important for economic growth…
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Science (KU), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (KU)
University of Ghana, Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Ghana, Makerere University Business School, Uganda, University of Zambia, Department of Development Studies, Zambia, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, Global Entrepreneurship Research Association, United Kingdom /Denmark
Total grant: 6,223,743
This project explores the socio-economic effects of Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration programs for ex-combatants in fragile post-conflict situations. The aim of the project is to determine…
Total grant: 2,265,019
Donor agencies and developing country governments have started to target agroindustry private sector development and agribusiness. Entrepreneurship, innovation, and change have become major…
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Science (KU), Department of Food and Resource Economics (KU)
Total grant: 156,420
Northern Uganda has been an arena for armed conflict for 22 years; over a million people have been living camps as internal refugees for over a generation. Recently great strides have been made…
Gulu University (GU), Uganda, Syddansk Universitet Odense, Centre of Global Health, Denmark, Copenhagen University, Institute of Anthropology, Denmark
Total grant: 9,967,649
Overall aim: to develop nutritionally improved foods for infants and young children in low-income countries, based on improved utilization of traditional foods (semi-domesticated and wild indigenous…
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Science (KU), Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports (KU)
Fisheries Administration of Cambodia, Department of Fisheries, Post-Harvest Technologies and Quality, Cambodia, University of Nairobi, Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (UNITID), Kenya
Total grant: 11,128,441
Depending on future CO2 emission scenarios, the average surface temperature is projected to increase 1.1-6.4°C by 2100. Tropical species, compared to many temperate species, are expected to be…
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Total grant: 2,151,000
Sorghum grown from farm saved seeds is a major crop in the drought-threatened region of Sahel. A recent small scale study made by the applicant institutions in Burkina Faso hasdocumented >25% increase…
University of Copenhagen (KU), Denmark, Faculty of Science (KU), Department of Plant and Environmental Science (KU)
Institut de l´Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Kamboinsé Research Station, Burkina Faso, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Department of Crop Science, African Seed Health Centre,Tanzania
Total grant: 4,480,048