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Traditional knowledge and modern scientific method have been combined to provide information about climate change
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A workshop bringing together government officials and community members has helped to ease tension and reduce violence in the state of Assam
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A project in Uganda is helping young women talk about their lives with a view to developing a more gender aware approach to HIV prevention
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The health system attending to indigenous populations in Brazil is overhauled applying lessons learned from DFID-funded research
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A vaccine against East coast fever is being mass-produced to protect cattle and the livelihoods of African farmers
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Research can be made accessible by translating articles into local languages
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Private apprenticeships are helping the poor escape extreme poverty in Ghana
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Young people in South Africa are being given the skills required to improve their lives when facing the problems associated with the AIDS pandemic
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Health care research in the Sunderbans will be used to prepare a master health plan for this area and show others how to address disadvantaged populations
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Late enrolment in school in Ghana is linked to the failure of many children to complete their education
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Activists and health workers combine to mobilise people living with HIV and AIDS and to provide the medicine and care that patients need
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With over 200,000 readers around the world, New Agriculturist covers a wide range of stories and issues in agriculture and rural development
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The Maize Platform is one of four innovation platforms which the Research into Use programme has established in Rwanda to help increase production
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A DFID-funded Research into Use initiative is helping local communities in Nepal live with potential vulnerability induced by climate change
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Recorded by Africans for Africans, the AGFAX radio service provides the latest information on agricultural and rural development
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How one girl's dream of going to school has inspired other young Muslim women
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The Crisis States Research Centre is helping our understanding of how government state-building efforts are affected by the Afghan Warlords
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Journalists have been trained to write features on research for a wider audience
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Retailers in Kenya have been trained in the identification and treatment of malaria
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The role of the media in elections is becoming an important governance issue.
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An integrated pest management strategy provides new ways to control a major pest of aubergines.
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Can storytelling help farmers share knowledge and experience with scientists?
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The Panos Relay programme helps create a lasting partnership between African researchers and the media.
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DFID-funded Researchers have helped indigenous communities gain access to water policy discussions.
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How reporting the plight of displaced people brought a pledge of relief from local government.
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Refresher training for health workers is transforming care practices for mothers and babies.
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Research shows that smoking tobacco in hookah pipes can be as harmful as smoking cigarettes.
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DFID-funded research investigates the impact of different approaches to urban poverty reduction.
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Taxation has the potential to increase the capability, accountability and responsiveness of the state.
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Women farmers in semi-arid central Tanzania are learning how to adapt farming practices to cope with changing conditions.
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A new study by the DFID and Elton John Aids Foundation-funded COMDIS programme showns the value of local care in treating HIV/AIDS patients.
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The DFID-funded SjCOOP Programme has helped to train twelve new teams of science journalists in Africa and the Middle East.
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How can India transform itself into the vibrant knowledge-based society it aspires to be?
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DFID sponsors report by BBC World Service Trust which explores the role of the media in the Kenyan elections.
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Kenyan TV drama series informs farmers on technique for improving seed germination and crop yields.
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The Global Transport Knowledge Partnership is helping inform people about new ways to build sustainable road transport in Africa.
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A regional initiative of the International Potato Center helps farmers in Bolivia access high-value markets for their freeze-dried potato products.
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New standards proposed for livestock products from Africa could fundamentally change the way meat is imported and help poor livestock producers.
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Young Lives children hosted a photo exhibition in Addis Ababa for the Day of the African Child.
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A DFID-supported programme provides business development services to small and medium-sized seed companies in Eastern and Southern Africa.
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The DFID-funded Global Plant Clinic has provided the Sierra Leone government with assistance in the fight against crop pests and diseases.
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DFID-finded research shows that the agricultural sector of the southern Peruvian Andes is vulnerable to the effects of imports from the US.
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DFID's research programme SEACAP in South East Asia produces solutions for regional planning and local participation.
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Swaziland is experiencing an HIV/AIDS emergency on the scale of a tsunami or earthquake.
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Kenyan health officials are better prepared for a malaria epidemic thanks to a combination of climate observation and medical research.
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A pilot initiative to provide training to East African journalists alongside a major conference has helped strengthen links between researchers and the media.
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Researchers are working to provide planners and farmers with better access to climate information.
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Improving the lives of poor livestock farmers through institutional and policy change.
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Anti-retroviral therapy made available for AIDS sufferers in Tanzania.
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Key report confirms the critical role of champions inside government to ensure participation works.