Driving eco-innovation in Africa. Capacity building for a safe circular water economy.
WINA ladies luncheon – LU Ghana visit (please note that this photo was taken before the COVID-19 pandemic) In her two-part blog, RECIRCULATE resident Glenda Kasonde shares her experience of how her involvement in the project has transformed her take on collaboration between industry, research organisations and professional networks. In the first part of my […]
SME Workshop – with WINA ladies (please note that this photo was taken before the COVID-19 pandemic) In her two-part blog, RECIRCULATE resident Glenda Kasonde shares her experience of how her involvement in the project has transformed her take on collaboration between industry, research organisations and professional networks. The FLOW is about all our “RECIRCULATE […]
RECIRCULATE research explores ways of improving African rice production and protecting the climate. Although RECIRCULATE is focussed on the circular water economy, much of our interdisciplinary research and development is also very relevant to helping reduce global heating caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Within the project, the main link between water and greenhouse gas emissions […]
RECIRCULATE research is revealing new approaches to water-efficient food production in Ghana and beyond. The title of Sustainable Development Goal 6 “Clean water and sanitation” makes it easy to think that it is focused just on drinking water and water used in sanitation. But if you look beyond the headline then you see that SDG6 […]
RECIRCULATE post-doc Ryan Edge shares the joys and challenges of growing rice at 55°N Have you been enjoying the blogs in The FLOW? I certainly have, they have helped me see the ‘bigger picture’ of all we are doing in the GCRF-funded RECIRCULATE project. I know that’s one aim of The FLOW- to share our […]
Powering Up Knowledge Exchange To Support The Global Goals The Growing Research Capability call of the UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) “…. was developed to grow research capacity around the globe and to strengthen and broaden skills and expertise to address specific challenges of developing regions and countries”. As a knowledge-exchange professional, when that […]
Building international networks to help improve pesticide use across Africa Given RECIRCULATE’s focus on the circular water economy, you may be asking how a blog about pesticides belongs in The FLOW? Well, there are a number of reasons for that. One is that while the circular water economy may not fit my own scientific and […]
Working with local communities for wider adoption of agricultural technologies in rural Africa In the first part of this blog I described the challenge of food security in Africa and the need for better knowledge exchange between researchers and stakeholders, including farmers and growers. I wrote about our knowledge exchange activities at Crops Research Institute […]
Working with local communities for wider adoption of agricultural technologies in rural Africa There is no doubt that having access to sufficient nutritious food remains an urgent priority for many millions of people across Africa. The 2020 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2020), published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in August 2020, […]
Researchers and growers working together to co-design research for improved irrigation systems for sustainable food production For the GCRF-funded RECIRCULATE project, working with stakeholders is central to the success of our research. The overall aim of the project is to help deliver some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We recognise that we […]