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Research Award: Human Adaptation to Biodiversity Change
Andrew Dorward is a member of a team awarded a grant for a 6 month research project on Human Adaptation to Biodiversity Change.
12th August 2010
African Success Stories
On 20th July Andrew Dorward participated in a workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on "Sustainable Intensification and Increased Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems".
12th August 2010
World Development (38:10, 2010) will feature four papers by CeDEP authors
A forthcoming special section of World Development (38:10, 2010) on 'The Future of Small Farms' will feature ...
30th July 2010
Presentation on catchment management at CIWEM 2010
The team researching Catchment Management for Protection of Water Resources gave a presentation “Sinking or Swimming? Surveying community based catchment groups”
30th July 2010
New research: Market-Based Mechanisms for Protection of Water Resources
Laurence Smith and partner researchers at the University of East Anglia and Cornell University have been awarded a new project under the RELU programme’s 4th round "Adapting Rural Living and Land Use to Environmental Change"
30th July 2010
CeDEP goes WOMAD
CeDEP representative, Ros Humphreys has just returned from a long and busy weekend at the UK, WOMAD...
29th July 2010
New name for the University of London External System
Following extensive consultation and debate, the University of London External System is adopting a new, up-to-date name to describe its programmes.
28th July 2010
Food Policy is 'top' journal in the field of Agricultural Economics
The latest (2009) journal impact factors were published by Thomson Reuters in June and saw Food Policy, edited by CeDEP staff, rise to 1.606 confirming Food Policy's position (in impact factor terms) as the top agricultural economics journal). Read the full article for details on the Journal Impact Factor.
23rd July 2010
Mobile phones and African Agricultural markets
At the end of June, CeDEP’s Research Fellow, Colin Poulton attended the mid-term workshop of the e-ARN research project in Cotonou, Benin. e-ARN is a 6 country comparative project that aims to understand the impact of increasing ICT use (especially mobile phones) on the performance of African agricultural markets. Colin is a member of the external advisory panel for the project.
22nd July 2010
Summer 2010 Edition of Wye Connect
Summer 2010 Edition of Wye Connect focussing on Politics and Development
14th July 2010
£3.5M Award To Explore Nexus Between Agriculture And Health In Developing Countries
Academics from SOAS along with other pioneering researchers have been awarded £3.5m to address the global food security crisis by investigating the neglected links between agriculture and health.
8th September 2009
Development Experts Assess the Millennium Development Goals
SOAS staff delivered a mixed verdict on the validity and progress of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at a stimulating conference organised by the London International Development Centre.
11th December 2008
CeDEP announces Commonwealth Scholarships for students from Bangladesh
CeDEP is pleased to announce the availability of a small number of Commonwealth Scholarship for nationals of Bangladesh. Please note that the deadline has now been extended until the end of August.
4th August 2008
SOAS Researcher in World Food Crisis Debate
A large-scale subsidy programme in Malawi recently reviewed by SOAS Professor Andrew Dorward and a team of experts has attracted attention in global food crisis debates in the Economist and the Financial Times.
13th June 2008
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