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General CD2022TEA503A102 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 In this project, we trace the value chain of sand and stones, manually extracted along Lake Kivu, transported to the city of Bukavu, and materially transformed into the city’s handmade architecture. Focusing on human labour, nature and material constructions, we envisage a threefold change: better protection of the environment around extraction, transport and construction sites, better protection of human labour (and particularly female labour) along the sand and stone value chain, and improved constructions and urbanisation of the city of…
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General PH2023SIN392A103 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 This project embarks on an exploration of food losses and wastes in the vegetable industry of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines. Marked as the country's most abundant highland farming sector, this region suffers acutely from multiple accounts of post-harvest losses, and these are exacerbated by the lack of well-defined waste management programs. The impacts of these losses are severe - ranging from declining farmer profits to compromised food security and even greater environmental impacts from biowaste decomposition. One…
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General VN2022TEA533A105 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, rural communities of Vietnam, especially those most vulnerable to the impacts of natural hazards, need to develop effective risk reduction strategies adapted to climate change in order to sustain a resilient development. Current academic capacity to document and forecast the spatio- temporal occurrence of these hazards and their impact is limited, and not based on the most up-to-date technologies. Current risk management policy remains insufficiently informed by scientific knowledge and fails to…
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General ET2024TEA551A101 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2029 People in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, suffered in recent years due to war (Nov. 2020-2022), locust plague and crop failures as a result of persistent drought. Sexual and Gender Based Violence was used as a weapon of war. Numerous survivors testified, but some regions and people residing in camps for internally displaced persons were not reached for data collection. Most aid efforts are focusing on SGBV survivors finding their way to hospitals and 'One-stop' centers. Many remain invisible and do not seek help, out of feelings of shame or stigma,…
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General UG2023SIN401A103 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 In the Global South, sustainable intensification of livestock systems is considered key to help achieve several sustainable development goals (e.g. 1, 2, 5, 12 and 13), but to do so not only animal productivity and health should be addressed but also conservation of natural resources and mitigation of climate change. Particularly, in urban and semi-urban smallholder dairy production systems, crossbreeding is promoted as a means of sustainable intensification, but feeding systems, which properly meet, and balance nutrient requirements are…
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General UG2024TEA573A101 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2029 Undernutrition and suboptimal cardiometabolic health (double burden of malnutrition) are highly prevalent in Uganda but nutrition interventions majorly focus on undernutrition. Despite the diversity of nutritious Indigenous Fruits and Vegetables (IFV) in Uganda, intake is low. This project aims to contribute to efforts that reduce the double burden of malnutrition among women of reproductive age, adolescent girls, and young children. This will be achieved by establishing living labs to investigate and document indigenous knowledge and practices…
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General TZ2022TEA530A101 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) is rising and antiretroviral treatment (ART) is getting less effective, so people living with HIV (PLHIV) suffer more as they are restricted in their daily abilities. This induces several sustainability threats, touching several SDGs, not only health, but several other SDGs such as education, poverty, gender equality, among others. Root causes need to be determined in order to design leverage points to counteract HIVDR at community level. During a VLIR-UOS-SI, a transdisciplinary methodology was co-developed…
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General VN2019TEA494A103 01/01/2019 - 31/08/2024 The Southern Central region of Vietnam includes a strip of narrow coastal plains extending along the coast of Vietnam. In this region, groundwater aquifers are contaminated by saltwater intrusions. This process is further accelerated by groundwater pumping for irrigation, increase of the sea-level, and the more frequent and prolonged droughts that are both direct consequences of climate change. Saltwater intrusion generates a severe decrease of quality and quantity of water resources and is a direct threat to rice production due to the…
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General CD2023SIN372A101 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 Clinicians suspect an increased incidence of visible congenital birth defects in newborns in artisanal mining areas in South Kivu. This activity is not controlled by preventive health authorities and the artisanal miners do not have protective measures against trace elements exposure, nor do the families living around, which may lead to birth defects linked to trace element poisoning. Many different metals, trace elements, and derivatives are found in South-Kivu and some of them are cited in the prenatal exposure and developmental defects in…