Research for Development

Published in October 2015, this IIED Brifing evaluates the comparative social and environmental advantages of extensive pastoral production systems. The African Union’s policy framework on pastoralism recognises the economic...

Published by the Postdam Institute in October 2015 and funded by the World Bank, this study analyses climate change impacts on agriculture and potential implications for the occurrence of hunger under different socioeconomic...

Published in July 2015, this report showcases the key findings from an analysis of research cooperation between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa (EU-SSA). The analysis was conducted within the framework of the CAAST-Net Plus project...

Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life is the theme of the 99th World Expo in Milan in 2015. To elaborate this theme the EU established a scientific steering committee to advise on the challenges of global food and nutrition security...

An open call to visual artists from all the world to participate in the International Mail Art- Egypt exhibition that will take place in Alexandria on October 15, 2015. Deadline for applications is July 30, 2015. Med Culture's...

This conference is to be hosted by the University of Antwerp, Belgium during 16-17 April 2015. The event will address both new opportunities for universities to increase their research capacity and impact in society, as well as...

This article, published in February 2105 in the journal Agriculture & Food Security and written by a team of CGIAR authors, considers that productive resources are essential to the livelihoods and food security of the world’s...

Hi everyone! My name is Dora and I am a master student of the Vienna University of Economics and Business. I am writing my Master thesis on reward-based crowdfunding. My research tries to help project owners in the appropriate...

The Young Arab Theatre Fund (YATF) announced their new Grants Programs to enable the realization of short-term contemporary arts spaces or projects that are developed by two or more collaborators in the Arab World. Med Culture's...

More than 10% of Egyptian mortality is due to liver diseases. In this context, the Thebera project aims at strengthening capacities of the Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI) in Egypt while realizing it as an international...