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The impact of intra household decision making on the sustainability, efficiency and equitability ofhousehold farming in sub-Saharan Africa. University of Antwerp

Els Lecoutere
Development processes, actors and policies
This research project will assess to what extent more participatory intra household decision making about production and resource allocation contributes to more sustainable, efficient and equitable household farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa, more specifically coffee farming systems in Uganda. An intervention in which household are intensely coached in participatory decision making about production, resource allocation and income expenditure ...

Sustainable sourcing from developing countries: a case-study on horticulture export chains. KU Leuven

Miet Maertens
Division of Bioeconomics

The agri-food sector in developing countries has been transforming rapidly during the last decades, leading to a more consolidated and vertically integrated agro-industry. Labour market effects are especially pronounced in high-value export sectors. Whether this transformation in the agri-food sector and the associated employment creation benefits rural households in developing countries remains a highly debated issue. While some argue that ...

Structural funding institutions: structural funding for the operation of the Institute IMOB Hasselt University

Geert WETS
Transportation Research Institute
The new SRF funding program ' structural funding of the institutes' is a program that is used to support the spearhead policy of Hasselt University. In accordance with the Research Policy Plan (2011-2015) (SD 1 - OD1) ever since 2012 the Research Council annually grants the institutes structural SRF funds for the organization and functioning of these institutions. This funding was assigned to the research institute IMOB.

Structural funding institutions: project funding IMOB for fundamental research Hasselt University

Geert WETS
Transportation Research Institute
The new SRF funding program ' structural funding of the institutes' is a program that is used to support the spearhead policy of Hasselt University. In accordance with the Research Policy Plan (2011-2015) (SD 1 - OD1) ever since 2012 the Research Council annually grants the institutes structural SRF funds for the development of basic research within these institutions. These funds are applied on define research lines as defined in the strategic ...

Soil Fertility, Food Security and Gender in Central Africa. KU Leuven

Miet Maertens
Division of Bioeconomics, Division of Soil and Water Management
There is a general consensus on the need for sustainable agricultural intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the crucial role of improved technologies therein. It is less clear, however, how this can be achieved. On the one hand, alternative, and sometimes opposing, views and paradigms exist on which agricultural practices are (not) sustainable. On the other hand, despite considerable promise in experimental trials, adoption of such ...