News - 2013
Insect migration specialist Don Reynolds of NRI attended the first Management Committee meeting of a new European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action, namely 'European Network for the...
The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) is implementing a programme in partnership with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and TradeMark Southern Africa (TMSA).
The project 'Agroforests: A critical resource to support the Megadiversity in Guatemala' has been exploring the role of two linked national initiatives to recognise and support farms that conserve...
The Cassava: Adding Value for Africa (C:AVA) project, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is now in its fifth year. NRI has produced a short video to help viewers understand how the...
Scientists from the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich have developed a procedure for eliminating virus infections from cassava.
Virginia Echavarria, from Buenos Aires Argentina, studied the MSc Natural Resources, Sustainable Environmental Management course at the Natural Resources Institute in 2009. She is now project manager...
NRI's Dr Steve Belmain will be presenting a lecture at the Autumn public lecture series of the University of Greenwich's Faculty of Engineering and Science. The events are free to attend and open to...
Nine donkey carts, complete with donkeys, have been donated to five Devil's Claw harvester groups in remote communities of the Kavango Region, Namibia. The carts will assist the harvesters to...
This year is the International Year of Water Cooperation. While global experts met in Stockholm last week to discuss the future of water management through cooperation, we reflect on NRI's recent...
NRI has been awarded a €1.4m grant to regenerate the coffee production capacity of Sierra Leone through replanting and rehabilitating abandoned plantations with the collaboration of farmer...
Sorry, apologies for the deliberate spelling mistake in the title, but now that we have your attention let's talk about producing fine sweet potato vines. More specifically about a new project funded...
In the glorious surroundings of Cumberland Lodge in Great Windsor Park, Claire Coote and Bruno Tran, from the Food and Markets Department of NRI, recently led a two-day course for 30 PhD Scholars...