Danish Technological Institute (DTI), Denmark

Circular Retrofitting for Sustainable Industrialization (GeckoCIR)

Research project The Gecko project aims to provide scientific insights and an algorithm for designing and projecting high-circular eco-industrial parks in Kenya. The project investigates if and under what conditions developing countries such as Kenya may gain environ ... First year report Objectives: The GeckoCir project is well up and running. The project targets upcycling of industrial sidestreams either internally or via industrial symbiosis (where one company's waste becomes another company's resource). The p ...
Period: 2022-04-1 to 2026-12-31 Countries: Kenya Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Danish Technological Institute (DTI), Denmark University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), Kenya Project code: 21-11-KU Total grant: 11,996,723 DKK
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Preserving African Food Microorganisms for Green Growth

Research project The aim of the project is to turn the food sector in West Africa into a driver of sustainable growth, improve food security, create new business opportunities, ensure job generation, alleviate poverty and create stronger linkages between relevant sta ... Project completion report: The establishment of bio-banks in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Benin opened up new opportunities for research on fermented foods ensuring the West African microbial heritage. The bio-banks provide strains for research work ...
Period: 2014-01-1 to 2018-12-31 Countries: Benin Burkina Faso Ghana Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Danish Technological Institute (DTI), Denmark Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (IRSAT), Burkina Faso Chr. Hansen A/S, Denmark Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin University of Development Studies (UDS), Ghana Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ghana Project code: 13-04KU Total grant: 9,997,980 DKK
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Value-added processing of underutilised savanna tree seeds for improved food security and income generation in West Africa

Research project The West African savanna region has a fragile ecological system that is vulnerable to prolonged droughts and food shortages. It is shared by countries with some of the lowest per capita incomes in the world. The region is however well endowed with un ... Completion Report - Summary The project has aimed to optimize the processing of seeds from three semi-domesticated and wild trees common to the savanna region i.e. African locust bean, baobab and kapok trees, as means of improving income generatio ...
Period: 2009-10-1 to 2015-06-30 Countries: Burkina Faso Ghana Mali Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Burkina Faso Danish Technological Institute (DTI), Denmark University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD), Mali University of Development Studies (UDS), Ghana Project code: 09-072KU Total grant: 8,252,247 DKK
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