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Research case studies

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• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 9 August 2013
• Last updated: 13 February 2014 — See all updates

Find out how DFID funded research is helping to tackle disease, hunger, poverty and climate change throughout the developing world.

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2013

• DFID Research: Linking insects to forest conservation through honey and silk
  • 9 August 2013
  • News story
• DFID Research: Science-led innovation protects livestock from the Tsetse fly in Kenya
  • 9 August 2013
  • News story
• DFID Research: Capturing the stories of sustainable development from indigenous communities
  • 9 August 2013
  • News story

2012

• DFID Research: Vegetable genebank is a valuable resource for plant breeders
  • 14 August 2012
  • Case study
• DFID Research: Improved tomato varieties resistant to plant diseases
  • 14 August 2012
  • Case study
• DFID Research: Improving the quality and scope of research coverage in Africa
  • 17 August 2012
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• DFID Research: The open revolution at the EADI IMWG workshop in Antwerp.
  • 4 October 2012
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• DFID Research: Vegetable soybean: a healthy, tasty, and profitable crop for tribal communities of northeast India
  • 7 November 2012
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• DFID Research: DFID's Policy Opens up a World of Global Research
  • 26 July 2012
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2011

• DFID Research: Specialised rice developed in collaboration with local farmers
  • 18 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Ending Striga's reign with IR maize
  • 18 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Milking the benefits for small scale dairy vendors in Kenya
  • 18 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Linking farmers and science
  • 18 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Addressing the issues underlying poor school attendance in Swaziland.
  • 12 April 2011
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• DFID Research: Farmers in Tanzania paint chickens pink and purple to thwart hawks
  • 26 April 2011
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• DFID Research: Missed opportunities
  • 18 August 2011
  • Case study
• DFID Research: Living with ART
  • 18 August 2011
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• DFID Research: New investment in nutrition-related research
  • 1 September 2011
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• DFID Research: The impact of research on Indonesia’s pulp and paper sector
  • 25 October 2011
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• DFID Research: Getting children into school and breaking the cycle of disadvantage
  • 3 November 2011
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• DFID Research: Choice for women. Family planning, health and rights in a world of 7 billion
  • 17 November 2011
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• DFID Research: Combating climate change is a unique challenge for development research
  • 25 November 2011
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• DFID Research: Environmentally friendly control of eggplant borer in India and Bangladesh
  • 18 March 2011
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• DFID Research: TB in the workplace – the case of garment workers in Bangladesh
  • 2 February 2011
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• DFID Research: Support to the Tanzanian government with adolescent sexual and reproductive health
  • 4 February 2011
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• DFID Research: Comic-book characters help to get agricultural information to young Kenyans
  • 24 February 2011
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• DFID Research: A farmer-friendly approach to preventing avian flu in Viet Nam
  • 3 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Malaria control in a complex context
  • 4 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Improving food security in sub-Saharan Africa through greater use of indigenous vegetables
  • 8 March 2011
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• DFID Research: OBSERVE - Monitoring the application of a new domestic violence law in Brazil
  • 9 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Ridding the world of rinderpest.
  • 15 March 2011
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• DFID Research: WHO publishes second edition of guidelines for the treatment of malaria
  • 15 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Cheap fodder trees help farmers increase milk production
  • 15 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Selective fish breeding improves production in the Philippines
  • 17 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Planting without ploughing - zero-till wheat takes root
  • 17 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Protecting African cattle from East Coast fever
  • 17 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Protecting farms from costly whiteflies
  • 17 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Taking plants to the doctor - plant health clinics from Bolivia to Bangladesh
  • 17 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Scuba rice - breeding flood-tolerance into Asia's local mega rice varieties
  • 17 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Growing mint as an alternative to opium in Afghanistan.
  • 18 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh
  • 18 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Creating genetic markers to breed downy mildew and drought resistant pearl millet
  • 18 March 2011
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• DFID Research: An evidence-based response to the global food crisis
  • 18 March 2011
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• DFID Research: Evidence Papers - Britain's plan to prevent malaria and save women's lives
  • 4 January 2011
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• DFID Research: Updating mental health legislation in Zambia
  • 27 January 2011
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• DFID Research: Sexual and reproductive health concerns of married men in rural Bangladesh
  • 6 January 2011
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2010

• DFID Research: Pakistan has a chance to slow the spread of HIV
  • 28 January 2010
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• DFID Research: Herpes treatment trial requires trust to be successful
  • 29 January 2010
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• DFID Research: Putting water research into practice
  • 9 February 2010
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• DFID Research: Putting child trafficking on the agenda in Haiti
  • 12 February 2010
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• DFID Research: Lay workers vital to support HIV/AIDS treatment in Zambia
  • 19 February 2010
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• DFID Research: The Politics of Poverty
  • 30 June 2010
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• DFID Research: Story telling raises awareness of gender issues in Egypt and the Arab world
  • 20 October 2010
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• DFID Research: Conditional Cash Transfers pilot scheme in rural Egypt
  • 21 October 2010
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• DFID Research: Women and the media in Bangladesh
  • 12 November 2010
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• DFID Research: Tuberculosis patients benefit from new treatment strategy in Tanzania
  • 19 October 2010
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• DFID Research: Providing better access to water in urban settlement
  • 25 November 2010
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• DFID Research: Farmers benefit from new mungbean varieties
  • 7 December 2010
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• DFID Research: Managing Pollution from Small scale Industry in Bangladesh
  • 7 December 2010
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• DFID Research: Leaning about democracy from developing countries
  • 16 December 2010
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• DFID Research: Uncovering Hidden Research
  • 3 March 2010
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• DFID Research: Chronic Poverty Research Centre: ten years of war against poverty
  • 30 September 2010
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2009

• DFID Research: Ensuring an education for children with disabilities
  • 16 December 2009
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• DFID Research: Does the media help or harm in potentially divisive elections?
  • 9 April 2009
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• DFID Research: Kenyan shopkeepers join fight against malaria
  • 17 April 2009
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• DFID Research: Understanding the Afghan Warlords
  • 6 May 2009
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• DFID Research: Reporting on research
  • 6 May 2009
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• DFID Research: A Small Dream
  • 19 May 2009
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• DFID Research: Agriculture on-air
  • 21 May 2009
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• DFID Research: Managing forest rights in Nepal
  • 4 June 2009
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• DFID Research: Improving maize crop yields in Rwanda's Eastern province
  • 8 July 2009
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• DFID Research: Online access to global agricultural information
  • 17 July 2009
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• DFID Research: Activism and aid combine to fight HIV/AIDS in South Africa
  • 28 July 2009
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• DFID Research: Tracking the age of school enrolment in Ghana
  • 7 August 2009
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• DFID Research: Improving equity in Indian health care
  • 19 August 2009
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• DFID Research: how training can lift the poorest out of poverty
  • 8 September 2009
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• DFID Research: Helping vulnerable South African teenagers cope with the impact of AIDS
  • 8 September 2009
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• DFID Research: Relay programme connects local people with research
  • 22 September 2009
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• DFID Research: Democratizing Brazil's Indigenous Health System
  • 12 October 2009
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• DFID Research: Straight Talking to combat HIV among young African women
  • 28 October 2009
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• DFID Research: Cooperating to reduce violence in North-East India
  • 9 November 2009
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• DFID Research: Rainmakers and meteorologists share knowledge to combat climate change
  • 9 December 2009
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• DFID Research: Do taxes help make better governments?
  • 9 January 2009
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• DFID Research: what can be done to beat urban poverty?
  • 14 January 2009
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• DFID Research: The dangers of waterpipe smoking
  • 2 February 2009
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• DFID Research: Essential healthcare for newborn babies in Nepal
  • 4 February 2009
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• DFID Research: connecting researchers, journalists and activists to change policy
  • 17 February 2009
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• DFID Research: Protecting the water rights of indigenous Mexicans
  • 9 March 2009
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• DFID Research: Connecting African scientists with the media
  • 9 March 2009
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• DFID Research: Sharing knowledge through story telling
  • 31 March 2009
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• DFID Research: Protecting African cattle from killer disease
  • 8 October 2009
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• DFID Research: Integrated approaches halve pesticide use
  • 2 April 2009
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2008

• DFID Research: A commodity-based approach to livestock trade
  • 3 September 2008
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• DFID Research: The success of Bolivia's bitter potato
  • 18 September 2008
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• DFID Research: Seeding a message for farmers via Kenyan TV viewers
  • 2 October 2008
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• DFID Research: Media in Kenya after the elections
  • 26 November 2008
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• DFID Research: Supporting learning between Indian and UK knowledge workers
  • 2 December 2008
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• DFID Research: Supporting science journalism in Africa and the Middle East
  • 3 December 2008
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• DFID Research: Anti-retroviral treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa is best delivered in health centres
  • 10 December 2008
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• DFID Research: Adapting to climate variability and climate change in Tanzania
  • 11 December 2008
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• DFID Research: Encouraging growth in Africa's seed industry
  • 21 August 2008
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• DFID Research: rights of the camp-dwelling 'Bihari' community in Bangladesh
  • 17 January 2008
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• DFID Research: how videos can help to improve research participation
  • 3 March 2008
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• DFID Research: Champions of Participation
  • 8 March 2008
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• DFID Research: Capacity strengthening for East African journalists
  • 22 May 2008
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• DFID Research: Managing climate risk in South Africa's Western Cape
  • 22 May 2008
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• DFID Research: AIDS emergency in Swaziland hits like a tidal wave
  • 7 July 2008
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• DFID Research: Bridging research and policy in Latin America
  • 31 July 2008
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• DFID Research: Sierra Leone benefits from Global Plant Clinic initiative
  • 18 August 2008
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• DFID Research: Children's views of health in their communities
  • 2 September 2008
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• DFID Research: Better roads for Africa
  • 1 October 2008
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• DFID Research: Pro-poor livestock policy and institutional change
  • 14 May 2008
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• DFID Research: Preparing for malaria in the changing climate of East Africa's highlands
  • 22 May 2008
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• DFID Research: Better rural road access leads to increased food production
  • 8 July 2008
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2007

• DFID Research: getting help with child birth can be costly
  • 18 October 2007
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• DFID Research: multiple micronutrient supplements and the prevention of newborn deaths
  • 9 November 2007
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• DFID Research: Mitigating agricultural water pollution
  • 9 November 2007
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• DFID Research: Involving the poor in urban development
  • 15 November 2007
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• DFID Research: Water management in drought-affected North East Brazil
  • 6 December 2007
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• DFID Research: The Numbers Game - Global Migrant Origin Database
  • 14 December 2007
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• DFID Research: informal local governance in rural South Asia
  • 19 December 2007
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• DFID Research: understanding TB and HIV related stigma in Zambia
  • 5 January 2007
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• DFID Research: addressing disability - a key way to fight poverty
  • 8 January 2007
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• DFID Research: a new approach to fisheries management
  • 30 January 2007
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• DFID Research: FarmLime - sourcing low cost lime for small-scale farming
  • 21 February 2007
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• DFID Research: are TB patients in China taking their drugs?
  • 23 March 2007
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• DFID Research: taking a look at the benefits of floodplain management
  • 26 March 2007
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• DFID Research: fighting sleeping sickness in Uganda
  • 2 April 2007
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• DFID Research: insecticide-treated nets reduce foetal loss in pregnancy
  • 25 April 2007
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• DFID Research: Rice growing takes off in Africa
  • 24 May 2007
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• DFID Research: sweet Solutions to boost Vitamin A
  • 25 May 2007
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• DFID Research: Improving urban transport accessibility for the disabled
  • 21 June 2007
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• DFID Research: Performance benchmarking for irrigation services
  • 19 July 2007
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• DFID Research: Time is money for poor rural travellers
  • 24 August 2007
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• DFID Research: satellite imagery to assist in monitoring volcanic activity
  • 31 August 2007
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2006

• DFID Research: household smoke reduction in Sudan
  • 22 November 2006
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• DFID Research: marketing urban sanitation in Tanzania
  • 23 November 2006
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• DFID Research: reducing the health risk of street food in Ghana
  • 28 November 2006
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• DFID Research: battling army worms in Tanzania
  • 28 November 2006
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• DFID Research: equitable irrigation for the poor of Nepal
  • 19 December 2006
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• DFID Research: managing the world's fish resources
  • 19 December 2006
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• DFID Research: strengthening the application of social sciences in malaria control
  • 22 November 2006
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• DFID Research: taking on "the pests of the 20th century"
  • 28 March 2006
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• DFID Research: "clean genes" open the door to new pest-resistant rice
  • 4 April 2006
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• DFID Research: promoting composting as a business for the urban poor
  • 11 April 2006
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• DFID Research: sleeping sickness - waking up to reality?
  • 31 May 2006
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• DFID Research: stepping off the pesticides treadmill in India
  • 22 August 2006
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• DFID Research: new systems to predict and detect malaria epidemics in the East African highlands
  • 27 September 2006
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Published 9 August 2013

Last updated 13 February 2014 + show all updates

1. 13 February 2014

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2. 9 August 2013

   First published.