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Small-scale agricultural mechanisation is taking off in Zimbabwe

A couple of weeks ago, the FAO hosted a massive gathering on ‘Sustainable agricultural mechanisation’, with the tag line efficiency, inclusivity, resilience. There were about 8000 delegates at the hybrid event and the FAO gave it a high profile. Agricultural mechanisation is back after a...

Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones

9 October 2023

Opinion

Rethinking research uptake in the East African region

Covid-19 has accelerated learning on bridging research and policy. In this guest blog the African Research & Impact Network (ARIN) share their East Africa Region Knowledge Translation Framework that seeks to enhance research use in emergencies and beyond. These issues around research use in the...

Leah Aoko, Research Associate, Africa Research and Impact Network & 3 others

6 October 2023

Opinion

Future health systems: right here, right now

In complex and rapidly changing health systems and societies, there are no realistic transferable blueprints to guide countries’ strategies for accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Instead, governments must work with a range of actors through innovative partnerships...

Gerald Bloom
Gerald Bloom

21 September 2023

Opinion

How can we get the SDGs back on track?

The 2030 Agenda, with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), provides a vision of an aspirational, equitable and just future for all, thriving on a safe and resilient planet. Together with other key multilateral agreements, it provides a compass for reorienting development in a...

Melissa Leach
Melissa Leach

20 September 2023

Opinion

The Sustainable Development Goals: A missed opportunity

The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) are at their mid-point of implementation to 2030. Some are claiming there are reasons to be ‘hopeful’, but I am not. I was back in 2015 when they were launched, as they seemed a real opportunity to address transformations to sustainability across...

Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones

18 September 2023

Opinion

Youth in Africa and the future of democracy

Democracy around the world is under threat. Young people are often looked at as ‘the next generation’ who can rescue it, defying authoritarian regimes and forces on national and global levels. But as a highly diverse group, there are some young people that will, and are, supporting and...

Marjoke Oosterom
Marjoke Oosterom

15 September 2023

Impact Story

Turning research into action, to bring progressive change for women

We live in uncertain times, with threats to progress on women’s rights and gender equality. To counter this, two collaborative research strands this year aimed to bring progressive change for women by highlighting the barriers that prevent them from realising their rights – and yielded...

6 September 2023

Opinion

Zimbabwe’s disputed election: why resource politics matter

Here we go again…. Zimbabwe has a disputed election, with all sorts of deeply damaging uncertainties that will follow, perhaps for years. The final results were announced late at night on 26 August, with Emerson Mnangagwa declared the winner of the presidential poll with 52.6% of the vote,...

Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones

5 September 2023

Impact Story

Co-creating approaches to climate change and uncertainty

Collaborations are central to how we work at IDS. The bedrock of this work is participation – of local communities and citizens, and of country-based researchers, businesses, advocates, activists and policymakers. Building, sharing and valuing local knowledge was the springboard for the...

1 September 2023

Opinion

Climate uncertainty and the arts

Climate change is drawing us into a complex and uncertain future. Climate Uncertainty and the Arts is a working paper which explores how the arts might contribute. One thing is certain: the risk management techniques we currently use to control companies, projects, and financial portfolios...

Jo Walton, Research Fellow, University of Sussex

1 September 2023

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