Smaller projects: Initiatives

Network for Monitoring Childhood Interventions

Research project The major interventions in childhood, in particular vaccinations and micronutrient supplementation, in low-income countries are implemented to prevent specific infections or deficiencies. These interventions have been evaluated exclusively for their ...

Period: 2008-09-26 to 2010-12-31 Countries: Burkina Faso Ghana Guinea-Bissau India Kenya Tanzania Lead institution: Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Denmark Project code: 97-08-SSI Total grant: 201,624 DKK

Inter-locked crises, competing value chains, and food security in Africa

Research project The inter-locking of three crises (food, energy/climate change and financial crises) is affecting the configuration of food and biofuel value chains and access to food in Africa. The impact of high international food prices on production an ...

Period: 2009-04-30 to 2010-01-31 Countries: Mali Tanzania Uganda Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark Project code: 09-005DIIS Total grant: 200,000 DKK

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Agriculture – and Adaptation Strategies in Tanzania (CLIVET)

Research project Objectives: The overall objective is to contribute to the knowledge and capabilities of Tanzania to encounter the impacts of climate change and to develop best strategies to adapt to these changes, particularly as they relate to water resources and t ...

Period: 2008-08-31 to 2010-01-30 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Partner institutions: Hanoi University of Science (HUS), Vietnam Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), Tanzania University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Vietnam Project code: 94-08-GEUS Total grant: 213,050 DKK

Research Initiative on Urban Malaria Control in Ghana

Research project For the first time in history, half of the world’s populations live in cities, and by 2025 the urban population in Africa will increase to 800 million posing significant health risks on the urban-dwelling population, particularly the poor in informal ...

Period: 2008-06-30 to 2009-12-31 Countries: Ghana Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Project code: 43-08-KU Total grant: 219,494 DKK

Research initiative on Avian Influenza in Bangladesh and Vietnam

Research project The aim of the initiative is to enable the formulation of a larger strategic research cum research capacity building project based on thorough needs assessment. Vietnam was one of the first countries (2003) in Asia to be hit by avian influe ...

Period: 2009-03-12 to 2009-12-31 Countries: Bangladesh Vietnam Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: National Institute of Veterinary Research (NIVR), Vietnam Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, CVASU, Bangladesh Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) Bangladesh Project code: 09-093LIFE Total grant: 200,000 DKK

From Smallholder Subsistence Livestock to Small Enterprises: Preparatory Phase

Research project This small project was granted to allow scientist from Tanzania (Sokoine University of Agriculture and Open University of Tanzania) and Denmark (University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences) to prepare a project application for a research capac ...

Period: 2006-12-31 to 2008-12-30 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Project code: 730-LIFE Total grant: 178,800 DKK

Recovery from Armed Conflict in Northern Uganda. Planning for Human Security

Research project

Period: 2006-12-31 to 2008-12-30 Countries: Uganda Lead institution: Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Partner institutions: Gulu University (GU), Uganda Nordic Consulting Group A/S, Denmark University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Project code: 209-AU Total grant: 199,560 DKK