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Capacity building program for state of the art technologies of Nutritional Intake, Status and Physical activity Assessment (NISPA) Research training grant – aiming to introduce novel techniques in assessing dietary intake and measuring micronutrient status and physical activity for building capacity across African countries. For this purpose, hands-on e-learning resources will be developed relevant for nutrition researchers, the food industry, government as well as food and health authorities. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Data Science Skills School for Research in Sustainable Agriculture across the southern African Development Community Research training grant to build capacity in the Southern Africa development community for data curation from long-term agricultural experiments to support sustainable intensification. Facilitating the exchange of data within and between countries will accelerate changes in practice towards sustainability, e.g. by increasing carbon sequestration and reducing soil erosion. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
BBSRC GCRF Data and Resources Extension Award Funding for technology development to make existing genomic data freely available in low-tech environments. Data includes reference genomes on pathogenic animal viruses, and genomic regions involved in immune reactions and vaccine efficacy. This will enab The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Restoring fertility to soils after topsoil stripping for brick production in Bangladesh through harnessing agro-ecosystem waste-streams. The striping of topsoil is very common in the agronomic regions abutting urban centres in Bangladesh. As urban centres have been growing exponentially in Bangladesh, particularly around the mega-city of Dhaka, the focus of this study, there are concerns regarding food security due to loss of agricultural land, and the degradation of surrounding agronomic land that has had its topsoil removed. Estimates for the amount of land impacted in peri-urban zones of the Indian-sub-continent through topsoil stripping are 10%. Crop yields from the subsoils left after topsoil removal, even with excess fertilization, decrease by over 50%, impacting subsistence farmers. As clay from soil is the only source of building material, it is unlikely that the practice of stripping soils for brick production will stop or decline in Bangladesh, thus there is a great need to find ways of restoring fertility to impacted soils. We proposed to do this by harnessing nutrient rich agronomic waste streams that are common in Bangladesh agri-ecosystems to rapidly restore impacted soil to full cropping potential. These nutrient rich waste streams include manures, oil cake, rice husks & biomass ash. The grant proposal plans to optimise how these waste streams can be applied to subsoils to fully restore soil sustainability, at a low cost to the farmer, & thereby enhancing the food security of the region.   The proposal has two stages. The first is to characterize the nutrient content and quantity of waste streams flowing through Bangladeshi substance rice farming communities and then maximize ways in which to redirect these waste-streams back to the land. The second is to trial, through both wet and dry season rice cultivation, across 9 geographically separated Bangladeshi villages, the utility of these wastes for building up soil health and increasing rice yields, testing common Bangladeshi rice cultivars. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
BEFWAM-BIOENERGY, FERTILISER AND CLEAN WATER FROM INVASIVE AQUATIC MACROPHYTES The project will focus on utilising invasive aquatic macrophytes such as water hyacinth in combination with nutrient rich waste and immobilised microbial systems to maximise the production of biogas whilst generating clean water and recovering nutrients in low income communities, by developing innovative biotechnology solutions that promote resource efficiency and long-term sustainable services. The project will provide practical solutions for processing water hyacinth with other wastes (e.g. faecal matter, food waste) in novel bioreactors. These ought to be capable of producing affordable clean energy (as per the UN's Sustainable Development Goal # 7- a.k.a. SDG 7) with improved biogas yields and quality,  and be suitable for use in cooking, refrigeration and power generation. The proposed processes of biogas production will be designed to be scaled appropriately to either urban areas (cities) and to smaller communities such as villages and schools (SDG 11). In addition, the integrated approaches will allow the potential for the recovery of valuable nutrients from the macrophyte feedstock for growing food and for the production of clean water. The integrated approaches will result in reduced emissions and health impacts associated with combustion of wood (SDG 3) and support more sustainable use of biomass resources (SDG 13). The use of aquatic macrophytes as an alternative biomass resource for energy generation can mitigate the over-reliance on firewood for cooking, thus promoting a more sustainable use of biomass resources (SDG 12). It also provides a solution to the growing problem in many African and Asian regions associated with invasive macrophytes resulting from  eutrophication and pollution associated with poor sanitation and regulation of industry (SDG 6, 9 and 13). BEFWAM will support knowledge transfer from high- and mid-income countries (UK and India) to low-income countries in Africa (Uganda) and the delivery of training and supporting partnerships between stakeholders and local business.This will be effected through the application of the innovative technologies developed within the project while all stages of development are to be informed by the analysis of the social implications of energy production from macrophytes and waste. Special emphasis of the social analysis will be devoted to the gender-poverty nexus. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
BBSRC GCRF Impact Acceleration Account extension awards A series of activities in a number of DAC-list countries: bringing together multi-disciplinary partnerships of UK and DAC-list country partners to develop and apply cutting edge research in plant and animal biology to address disease threats to animals, c The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
GCRF Impact Acceleration Account 4 activities, examining several areas including processing rice waste and bee health.  New techniques and equipment were provided to researchers in DAC list countries, engaging with both researchers and end users to make improvements. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Using wild ancestor plants to make rice more resilient to increasingly unpredictable water availability Research grant aiming to aid in sustainable food production in the face of global population growth, using selection and uptake of drought-tolerant rice varieties in India, where 45% of rice production is in rain-fed areas and at serious risk from climate change. Benefits to Indian farmers. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Equipping the Next Generation of INnovative biological Engineers to develop disease diagnostics for Africa (BioENGINE Africa STAR) Research training grant introducing synthetic biology research skills training into universities in Ghana, Cameroon and Kenya offering graduate-level courses in engineering or biotechnology. This will underpin demand for these skills both in academic research and in the rapidly growing bioeconomy sector that is a strategic priority for the African Union. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Preserving, Restoring and Managing Colombian Biodiversity Through Responsible Innovation The proposal targets the country of Colombia, at a very important time in history following the peace agreement between the government and the FARC. Colombia is one of the 17 countries considered as "megadiverse" by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Colombia's biodiversity is not only important for the country's natural heritage and the preservation of unique species in the world, it is also essential for the improvement of human welfare, social equality and economic development.  The proposal has been built on a foundation of existing research activities, with the involvement of additional stakeholders, business, government, and third sector organisations, promoting cross-disciplinary expertise to tackle three developmental challenges, and ensuring that impact extents beyond the length of the project.  Our short-term goals are to build research capacity, partnerships and knowledge, with the longer-term goals of stimulating economic and social growth around biodiversity. We have established an alliance of institutions in the UK and Colombia in order to (1) gather information on changes in distribution, diversity, and conservation status of the natural diversity of Colombia, (2) characterise and manage agricultural genetic biodiversity to make breeding and farming more efficient, and (3) assess the challenges and impacts associated with the biodiversity challenges outlined in the other two work programmes to develop key relevant policies and programmes.  In addition we will build research capability by developing researchers' skills, as well their access to research information and resources through group meetings, workshops, networking events and training courses, that will be delivered in collaboration with Colombian partners and in alignment with the activities of the proposal. We will also improve the technological self-sufficiency of the Colombian research community by facilitating the adoption of innovative technologies. Furthermore, we will ensure we raise awareness of the challenges among the public and inform them of how our outcomes are likely to benefit them. Our proposal on Colombian Biodiversity is timely and will allow the targeted country to reach higher scientific level in the proposed activities as well as applying science to inform decision-making and business investments in sustainable agriculture. Ultimately its outcomes will contribute to a long lasting impact by promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels (UN SDG 16). The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
GCRF Impact Acceleration Account 8 primarily workshop-led activities spanning a range of bioscience topics including tackling antimicrobial resistance and disease control methods. Working with several DAC-listed African, Asian and South American countries including Malaysia, Kenya and Argentina. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Wild rice MAGIC Research grant supporting scientists to study genes (alleles) in wild rice, and incorporate beneficial alleles they identified into cultivated rice populations to improve crop yield and resistance to drought and other stresses. This study benefited rice g The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
BBSRC GCRF Data and Resources Award Seven research grants to develop high quality reference genomes and population-level sequencing data from a diverse selection of livestock species from ODA countries in Africa and Asia.  Bringing modern genomic data to bear on these species will facilitat The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Increasing research skills and capacity to support the implementation of national livestock development plans in sub-Saharan Africa Training award to improve capacity to implement national livestock development plans in sub-Saharan Africa. LMIC country researchers benefit from short-term placements in UK-based institutions to explore the potential of data science in agriculture. Beneficiaries include researchers from Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Malawi. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
GCRF Agri-tech Catalyst Seeding Award - NIAB The primary outcome of this award is the adoption of relevant agricultural and food system innovations by farmers and other stakeholders in target countries in Africa. Benefiting residents in rural communities in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Mozambique, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania.

Secondary outcomes include increased and improved understanding amongst UK businesses of the needs and opportunities in African countries; and increased engagement with African countries by UK businesses, including successful collaborations and lasting partnerships post-project.

The Seeding Award funded ten activities to support rural farmers by contributing to improved yields, tackling plant disease, improving food safety, and resilience to climate-change: Seeding Funding will also address the current inequality in technology readiness, particularly in African agriculture. We will support the nascent agricultural technology community to develop prototypes of new technologies that could be applied to improved agriculture. The activities were:
1) Workshop and Hackathon held at Bahir Dar university
2) Capture development and deployment to detect sequences enhancing geminivirus symptons cassava and its wild relative
3) Genetic diversity of a core set of Ethiopian Teff varieties as a public resource to drive agronomic gains
4) Investigating endophytes in Zimbabwean cucurbit crops
5) Testing and development of low-cost IoT sensors for precision irrigation by smallholder farmers
6) An attract and kill device for the control of banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus, in banana: a vital staple crop in Uganda.
7) Sustainable smallholder cocoa production in Ghana: understanding and controlling beetle transmission of Phytophthora pod rot
8) Understanding the impact of combined stresses on the nutritional quality and productivity of African Eggplant
9) Improving orphan crops phenotyping method for yield improvement in Ethiopia
10) Enhanced practical diagnostics for common bean root-rot pathogens in East Africa
SDGs: 2, 8, 9 The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Enhancing enset agriculture with mobile agri-data, knowledge interchange and climate adapted genotypes to support the Enset Center of Excellence Knowledge Exchange Grant – staff exchanges between UK and Ethiopian Universities and agricultural organisations to build a centre of excellence for enset, a staple Ethiopian food crop. Local field trials will identify high yield, disease tolerant varietie The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
Development of a Bacteriophage Product to Control Campylobacter Contamination in Kenya Campylobacter is the leading bacterial cause of gastroenteritis worldwide, and recent data demonstrate that it is particularly detrimental for children under age two in developing countries. Globally, Kenya has the highest case fatality rate of campylobacteriosis, with 8.8% of infected people dying, mostly children - as compared with <0.1% in most industrialized countries. Given that antibiotic resistance rates for Campylobacter are increasing, alternative sustainable options are urgently needed. To address this public health issue, we have undertaken to develop bacteriophage (phage) products to decrease Campylobacter levels, specifically targeted for applications in Kenya. Phages are naturally occurring viruses that target and kill specific bacteria, and are active against both antibiotic-resistant and antibiotic-sensitive bacteria. They are easy to isolate from contaminated environments, and relatively inexpensive to produce, and form the basis of several commercial products targeting foodborne pathogens in North America. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.
SAFE-HERB: Sustainable Production from C1 Gas of Safer Herbicides for Developing Countries A workshop held in New Delhi to review development opportunities for new, environmentally friendly herbicides which would reduce harmful gas emissions, created at low cost from waste gas using engineered bacteria. The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world. The fund addresses the UN sustainable development goals. It aims to maximise the impact of research and innovation to improve lives and opportunity in the developing world.