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The Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich leads in agricultural and food research and consultancy, focusing on developing economies
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http://www.nri.org 24-01-2012 08:47:20
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🦟 On #WorldMalariaDay , we celebrate NRI PhD student Harrison Hardy's impactful research!🌍Presenting at Roll Back Malaria's meeting in Rwanda, he sheds light on the link between rice cultivation & malaria transmission.🦟🌍 #ResearchImpact #MalariaAwareness NRIPSociety
An enriching trip to Ghana with the PEAFI-project team is coming to an end. We are studying how ultra-processed foods are expanding on the ground: where they are, why they are consumed & how they are produced/distributed. Watch this space for our findings in the coming months!
Thanks to Monash University WHSMelbourne2024 for picking me as an ☀️ Emerging Leader for 🏝Asia-Pacific to shape future direction for 🌏 World Health. World Health Summit World Health Organization (WHO) NRI NRIPSociety CQUniversity FAO Asia Pacific FAO in Timor Leste WorldFish The Crawford Fund ACIAR
Our #constructivist citizen lab Prosperity and Peace Pathways Project is a #vehicle that allows us to use #activebrainstorming , #questioning , #visualising , #storytelling and #discoverylearning to assemble collective #wisdom and #knowledge the cross multiple #sectoral and #disciplinary domains
Our Prosperity and Peace Pathways Project constructivist citizen lab session has just started at the University of Maiduguri NIGERIA. This satisfies Prosperity and Peace Pathways Project goal of bringing together science, society & the state in a mutually beneficial way to #cocreate pathways of change for #LakeChad
'IVR works well to collect dietary data remotely.' - Lydia OMeara
IMO, in this age of pandemics, this is timely
#IMMANA LSHTM Nutrition Group #SDG2 #Zerohunger
A real privelege to speak to Department of Entomology@Cornell University plant insect group about Kew Science work on antimicrobial nectar metabolites & meet some of the eminent science leads here Danforth Lab Kessler Laboratory Anurag Agrawal Thanks esp to #RobRaguso for being such a generous host. NRI
Fascinating visit to the #RagusoLab Department of Entomology@Cornell University to see Robs culture of Manduca sexta (Tobacco hornworm) for his work on Oenothera taraxicifolia varieties - check out the heart beat of this huge larva (3rd pic). Kew Science NRI @Cornell
🧵 #VIRTIGATION coordinator BIOSYSTEMS Department -KU Leuven is developing #biopesticide #formulations to control the #BemisiaTabaci #whitefly . The #efficacy of these formulations is currently being tested in #Greenhouse #FieldTrials at the facilities of our partner Unict in #Sicily 🇮🇹👇
I mean... I guess now it's too late to change model species..? Wheat is now flowering but counting vulpia flower heads is a crazy task in such a density of pots! Trying to comb the plants to see something.. NRI Kainat Bibi Jonne Rodenburg John Cussans