Food security and safety

Adaptation to climate change to improve food safety and livelihoods among pastoral communities in Kenya (ADAPTiVE)

Research project Climate change adversely affects food security and livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), especially among pastoralists in arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL). The dairy sector, in particular, is sensitive to climate change, with negative implications ...

Period: 2024-04-1 to 2029-03-31 Countries: Kenya Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Kenya African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD), Kenya Karare Women Dairy Cooperative, Kenya Project code: 24-M08-KU Total grant: 9,999,949 DKK

Improving milk and chicken meat quality and safety in the Kenyan food sector (QUALIFOOD)

Research project Climate change augment antimicrobial resistant infections and affects the rate at which microbes acquire resistance, and if not dealt with, 10 million people is estimated to die globally by 2050 due to resistant bacteria. This will affect economy and ...

Period: 2024-04-1 to 2029-03-31 Countries: Kenya Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya Ministry of Health, Kenya Kenya Dairy Board (KDB), Kenya Rigshospitalet (RH), Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark Project code: 24-M03-KU Total grant: 9,995,080 DKK

The Political Economy of Local Food System Governance: Impacts on climate-vulnerable communities in the Lake Victoria border region

Research project The local communities in the Lake Victoria region in Eastern Africa are negatively experiencing climate changes in many ways. Warmer temperatures and increased rainfall threaten their livelihoods. Communities in this region have to adjust to these ch ...

Period: 2024-04-1 to 2029-03-31 Countries: Tanzania Uganda Lead institution: Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Partner institutions: Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), Tanzania Kabale University (KAB), Uganda Project code: 24-11-AU Total grant: 9,998,014 DKK

Climate, Pollinator biodiversity, Crop Pollination and People’s Livelihoods

Research project This project aims to design climate smart agricultural approaches to sustain crop pollinators and implement beekeeping activities that will reduce poverty and food insecurity among smallholder farmers despite future climate change. As such, the insig ...

Period: 2024-04-1 to 2029-03-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI), Tanzania Project code: 24-08-KU Total grant: 9,991,100 DKK

Agroforestry for People, Ecosystems and Climate (AfPEC)

Research project Background In the light of the biodiversity and climate crises, there is an urgent need for research on green solutions and not least for making science operative. Globally there has been increasing focus to agroforestry as a key tool for curbing cl ...

Period: 2024-04-1 to 2029-03-31 Countries: Uganda Lead institution: Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Partner institutions: Makerere University (MAK), Uganda University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Seniors without Borders (SwB), Denmark Youth Leading Environmental Change (YLEC), Uganda Forests of the World, Denmark Stjernekommunikation (STJK), Denmark Project code: 24-04-AU Total grant: 10,054,937 DKK

Climate Change and its Adverse Effects on the double burden of Malnutrition and Infectious Diseases among women of reproductive age in Tanzania

Research project In this project, we seek to explore and identify high-risk mothers for tailored management to alleviate the impact of climate change on reproductive health in rural Tanzania. The relationship between climate change, food availability, malnutrition, m ...

Period: 2023-06-1 to 2028-05-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUC), Tanzania Joint Malaria Programme (JMP), Tanzania Project code: 23-10-KU Total grant: 9,999,520 DKK

Enhancing production of locally-adapted, climate-resilient underutilized crops

Research project Food security starts with seeds and yet, in Nigeria, access to high quality seeds, particularly of highly nutritious, locally-adapted vegetables, is limited. Ensuring high quality seeds are available to farmers requires development of the local seed ...

Period: 2024-04-1 to 2028-03-31 Countries: Nigeria Lead institution: Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Partner institutions: National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Nigeria Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Nigeria First Technical University (TECH-U), Nigeria International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria Project code: 24-M04-AU Total grant: 10,363,705 DKK

Climate-resilient aquatic food systems for healthy lives of young women and girls in Bangladesh (AQUAFOOD)

Research project Sustainable management of aquatic foods is essential, in order to support the urgently needed shift to sustainable and healthy diets, mitigating climate change. Yet, the approaches that promote sustainable food systems largely fail to recognize the p ...

Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-03-31 Countries: Bangladesh Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Bangladesh Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Bangladesh International Centre for Diarrhoea Disease Research (ICDDR), Bangladesh University of Stirling, United Kingdom University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Project code: 23-15-KU Total grant: 9,999,720 DKK

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