Living Land, a production of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, travels to the north-eastern region of Tanzania to learn how they adapt their agricultural practices to cope with the universal threat of climate change. Due to limited capacity and widespread poverty, climate change is a grave threat to the livelihoods of vulnerable populations. We see …
On 21 October 2019, we were delighted to welcome Dr Pedi Obani, Research Fellow in the United Nations University – Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), to the University of Leeds to lead a seminar/webinar hosted jointly with the Leeds University Centre for African Studies. Using a case study focused on Nigeria’s Benin City, …
The final round of the SWIFT fellowship scheme is now open for applications! SWIFT is looking to recruit postdoctoral early career OR early career professionals working in weather and climate research and applied social and natural scientists working in the fields of African weather systems. Fellows may apply to work with a SWIFT partner organisation in Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Niger or …
On 25 September 2019, we were pleased to host University of Leeds doctoral researchers Ruth Smith (Sustainability Research Institute), Ndashe Kapulu (School of Food Science and Nutrition) and Emmanuel Likoya (Sustainability Research Institute) who presented their work on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. Ruth presented initial results from her analysis of gender …
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