This Study explores the relevance of digital technologies such as apps, learning platforms, online collaboration tools, delivery systems (internet, websites, mobile) or a combination of these in sc
Project objectives were to document traditional knowledge; provide scientific validation of medicinal plants; promote inclusion of traditional medicines within local health care strategies, and tra
Targeting country teams of modellers, principal investigators (PIs) and policy-makers from International Development Research Centre (IDRC)-funded Climate Change and Water projects in Latin America
The popularity of social media, Wikileaks, and Arab Spring uprisings have led governments to recognise the power of online media.
To avoid misunderstandings and often ambiguity in the definition and operationalization of scaling up, IDRC decided to organize a training workshop for CIFSRSF projects implementation teams, gather
Teams from the Developing Evaluation and Communication Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI-2) met in a one-off event to present findings in relation to DECI-2 project objectives: capacit
The DEltas, Vulnerability, and Climate Change: Migration as an Adaptation (DECCMA) workshop provided opportunities for participants to express and discuss feedback about the ongoing work of DECCMA
The 10th African Crop Science Society (ACSS) Conference emphasized the role of research in providing new and improved livelihood opportunities for farmers in Africa, which will impact income genera
Together with the support of the IDRC, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) launched the Mathematical Sciences for Climate Resilience in Africa Project (MS4CR) to respond to clima
With lower tobacco control policies, Nigeria has become a hub for tobacco production in West Africa.
The project inception workshop was conducted with the objective of developing an implementation framework to scale up sustainable rural land management innovations in the Bukwo and Kapchorwa Distri
In an inception workshop, partners come with issues that they wish clarified; the workshop gave space to allow otherwise contentious issues to be discussed towards a common understanding.
The Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA) annual report describes increased engagement of CSEA’s researchers in funded research projects in education, agricultural value-chain, inf
This guide is designed primarily for staff within city governments who develop and implement adaptation and response strategies to reduce the impacts of extreme heat.
Too often, smallholder farmers suffer severe financial consequences from extreme weather events, pests, and disease; and climate change will increase the frequency at which natural hazards occur.
Climate change has exacerbated the frequency and severity of extreme weather events affecting the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa.
This project note describes a field experiment evaluating the use of gender edutainment to increase smallholder farmers’ awareness of existing gender biases, the repercussions of intimate partner v
The food security and nutritional status of vulnerable population groups is likely to deteriorate further due to the health and socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This case study draws from the experience of Associate Professor Maria Keet (Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town/UCT, 2018) who wrote the first textbook in the new subfield of o
The Open Textbook Journeys series tells about open textbook initiatives, teaching and publishing processes, and what inspires teachers to do the work of open textbook production.
This paper provides insight into content development, open licensing, and other processes involved in open educational resources.
By developing content using various formats and methods, Juan Klopper has explored the use of online platforms and social media for broadening access to knowledge, particularly as it relates to hea
Research by the Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) project at UCT indicates that in many instances students are choosing to forego purchasing of textbooks, thereby jeopardising learning
Through the work of Learning Innovation through Orthopaedic Networks (LION), Dr.