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Seven recommendations for funding research use in the global South

In the first of two blogs on knowledge translation (KT) in the global South, I will share learning from a newly published IDRC-funded research synthesis report. My second blog will explore implications for research agendas. Entitled Knowledge Translation in the Global South: Bridging Different...

James Georgalakis

19 July 2023

Opinion

Booming horticulture markets in Zimbabwe: a growing ‘hidden middle’

Everyone seems to be growing vegetables (and fruit) these days. It is big business and the horticulture sector is generating income, jobs and secondary businesses like never before. The ‘hidden middle’ in this value web is thriving. In the past, the horticulture sector was divided between...

Ian Scoones

18 July 2023

Opinion

How ‘learning journeys’ support organisational learning in development

Learning is essential for delivering effectively in any field, especially in the fast-changing and complex arena of international development. In a world increasingly defined by uncertainty, vulnerability, and complexity, advances in development are constantly challenged by multiple crises, such...

Joanna Howard

Evert-jan Quak

18 July 2023

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Highlights from university leaders’ IDS immersive workshop

During the last week of June, we played host to several prominent university leaders and academics from across Southeast Asia. Funded by the British Council and Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre Specialising in Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO RIHED),...

Aldrin Darilag & 11 others

18 July 2023

Opinion

Engaging with uncertainties in the now: mobility amongst pastoralists in western India

The third chapter of the book focuses on the experiences of the Rabari of western India. Pastoralists of the region engage with uncertain futures by making real-time adjustments to their mobility in the here-and-now. Applying a temporal lens, the chapter emphasises the nomadic ‘present’ as...

Natasha Maru

14 July 2023

Opinion

Rethinking the Great Green Wall

Since the One Planet Summit in July 2021 and COP26 in October 2021, the Great Green Wall (GGW) is becoming the centre of media attention. The GGW accelerator, the funding vehicle for which many donors have contributed - France, the United Nations, the World Bank, and certain...

Priscilla Duboz & 2 others

13 July 2023

Opinion

Why farmer participatory research is essential for agricultural development

The trio of ‘Farmer First’ books published originally between 1989 and 2009 have just been released as open access versions. You can download and share them for free. Together, they make the case that we must put farmers first if more equitable, sustainable and productive food and farming...

Ian Scoones

12 July 2023

Opinion

Participatory evaluation: design, bricolage and paying attention to rigour

I have been to my fair share of evaluation conferences. Each has something to offer. I usually leave feeling pleased that at the least I’ve added a few potential new tools to my toolbox, but when they are really good, they leave me pondering new questions and with that buzz you get from...

Marina Apgar

12 July 2023

Opinion

Learning about pastoralists’ understandings of uncertainty

The second chapter of the book is an exploration of pastoralists’ understandings of uncertainty in China, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Sardinia and Tunisia through visual methods. Using documentary photography and participatory photovoice approaches, the teams in each of the countries explored how...

Shibaji Bose

Roopa Gogineni, photographer and filmmaker from West Virginia

7 July 2023

Student Opinion

Why study MA Food & Development?

As IDS launches its Food Equity campaign, we caught up with Lidia Cabral, co-convenor of MA Food & Development, to find out what makes this course unique and so relevant in today’s climate. Food is one of the most pressing development issues of our times, because 690 million people worldwide...

Lídia Cabral

5 July 2023

Opinion

Now is the time to democratise decision-making around clean energy extraction

The world economy is committed to moving from fossil to clean energies and to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emission in all activities. But this transition won't be possible if we do not change the way we extract critical minerals such as copper, lithium and cobalt. Especially as the...

Anabel Marín

5 July 2023

Opinion

Four approaches to shifting mindsets for decolonising knowledge

In the context of knowledge for development, what does it require to deconstruct the dominant narratives and personal privileges embodied in our race, class, gender, etc.? And, in a knowledge landscape littered with potential minefields, how do we go about shifting the mindsets that shape the...

Peter Taylor

Crystal Tremblay

5 July 2023

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Seven recommendations for funding research use in the global South

Booming horticulture markets in Zimbabwe: a growing ‘hidden middle’

How ‘learning journeys’ support organisational learning in development

Highlights from university leaders’ IDS immersive workshop

Engaging with uncertainties in the now: mobility amongst pastoralists in western India

Rethinking the Great Green Wall

Why farmer participatory research is essential for agricultural development

Participatory evaluation: design, bricolage and paying attention to rigour

Learning about pastoralists’ understandings of uncertainty

Why study MA Food & Development?

Now is the time to democratise decision-making around clean energy extraction

Four approaches to shifting mindsets for decolonising knowledge

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