Solar Cooking in Africa

Dr John Marsham, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds is appointing an undergraduate to work on a summer studentship funded by Leeds Climate and Geohazard Services to create a climatology for solar cooking in Africa. more

Africa College contributes to new Parliamentary Report on "Home Grown Nutrition"

A UK Parliamentary Report into supporting and developing African agriculture and nutrition is published today on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development. Africa College is one of several organisations supporting the APPG. more

New research published on the relationship between pollinators of crops and natural enemies of crop pests.

New research by Africa College members looks at how the management of farms and agricultural landscapes impacts on both pollinators of crops and natural enemies of crop pests. more

Andy Dougill awarded Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship

Head of School for Earth and Environment, Professor Andy Dougill has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship to conduct research on 'Socio-environmental analyses of community carbon projects in Malawi and Zambia'. The Fellowship will be held over 24 months from September 1st, 2013. more

Africa College team to visit microfarm in Ethiopia

An interdisciplinary team from Africa College will be visiting Ethiopia in June 2013 to meet key stakeholders in the Northwest-Ethiopia Region and farming communities in Awi Zone, particularly in Fagita Lekoma district to scope collaborative multidisciplinary collaborative research and development projects on integrated smart micro-farming systems for sustainable health, food, and nutrition and income security in highly populated and degraded highlands of Ethiopia. more

Lindsay Stringer in the Toronto Star

Environmental social scientist Lindsay Stringer was interviewed in March 2013 for the Canadian newspaper The Toronto Star following Canada's withdrawal from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, and interviewed again in April by the same newspaper for a feature article on desertification. more

Agricultural prediction using climate model ensembles

A special issue of the Journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, edited by Professor Andy Challinor, Africa College Research Director, focusses on Agricultural prediction using climate model ensembles.


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