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General KE2022TEA517A105 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 Coral reefs in the East African region (EAR) support high biological diversity that sustains small-scale fishery (SSF), and thereby the livelihoods of millions of vulnerable coastal communities. However, SSF sustainability is threatened by overfishing, ambitions of the Blue Economy, and climate change impacts. Addressing these threats requires a decision-making process that is strongly supported by scientific evidence, which is generated through a collaborative, multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder framework. This is vital for countries of…
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General PE2023SIN391A101 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 This project tackles the issue of environmental mining liabilities (EML) in Peru, and reinforces the country’s institutionality for reducing the vulnerability of populations and ecosystems facing contamination hazards from long-term exposure to mine tailings. In Peru, a total of 6903 EML have been officially registered, of which around 2800 correspond to mining waste and tailings [1, 2]. These residues contaminate water sources, soils and air, and negatively affect highland ecosystems, livelihoods and public health. Andean quechua communities…
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General PE2019TEA489A101 01/01/2019 - 31/08/2024 This project seeks to trigger the sustainable development potential of rural areas with high poverty levels and under the social, economic and environmental threats of extractive industries in the Global South. It aims to stimulate sustainable rural development in the North of Peru through socially innovative and community-based conservation in the Chaparri Reserve region. Complementary academic partners and stakeholders from the public, private and civil society sectors will produce new knowledge in a collective process of action research.…
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General ET2024TEA550A103 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2029 Southern Ethiopia faces food insecurity due to poor soils and harsh environmental conditions, limiting crop production. Despite the region’s potential for food and feed crops, inadequate access to agricultural practices and fertilizers hampers exploitation. Legume crops like soybean and cowpea enhance soil fertility through symbiosis with nitrogen fixing bacteria (rhizobia) and phosphate transferring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). These legumes are poorly adapted to southern Ethiopia, necessitate the need for microbial inoculations.…
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General EC2022TEA512A101 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 Mountains are among the most sensitive and vulnerable regions to climate change. Changes in the magnitude and distribution of precipitation already affects the rainfall-runoff processes in the Andean Mountain region. This project aims to develop management strategies and guidelines that will secure the water availability for the period 2025-2050 in the Southern Andes of Ecuador given the expected climate change and increase in water demand by the different users. Starting with a prognosis of the evolution in water demand and supply under…
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General RW2022TEA522A103 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2027 Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological disorders that affects 70 million people worldwide of whom 85% live in low- and middle income countries. The treatment gap, which includes the diagnosis gap, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) amounts to 80%. The prevalence in Rwanda is amongst the highest of SSA, estimated at 4.9%, with an epilepsy treatment gap of 91.5% due to diagnostic and therapeutic limitations in rural areas. However, risk factors for epilepsy that lead to the high prevalence, and modifiable contributors to the high…
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General BI2023SIN366A104 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 Osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip or knee is a leading cause of disability among the elderly, with prevalence rates that increase significantly with age. While non-pharmacological and non-operative management options are increasingly being recommended as a first-line strategy for initial treatment, the feasibility and effectiveness of rehabilitation and exercise interventions for OA in Burundi and other low-income countries remain unknown. This project therefore aims to improve rehabilitation services for patients with hip or knee OA in Burundi…
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General EC2022SIN338A103 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2024 Sustainable food systems are a key development challenge in the Amazon regions of Ecuador. To address the multidimensional complexity of sustainable food systems, it is primordial to acknowledge the potential of different knowledge systems and their interactions. Different knowledge systems (referred to as Indigenous and Local Knowledge ILK or Traditional Ecological knowledge TEK) are embedded in a remarkable diversity of cultures that articulate a more holistic, systemic, and integrative worldview. The interaction of different knowledge…
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General ZA2023SIN395A102 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2025 HIV remains a severe public health problem in South Africa. Important gender inequities also persist in the epidemic: the adult prevalence is twice as high in women than in men, while men are significantly less likely to test and be (successfully) treated and thus more likely to die of HIV-related causes. The two are also linked: the heterosexual nature of HIV transmission transfers these male risks into (young) female vulnerabilities (and the high female HIV prevalence). A crucial way to break this destructive cycle is (early) linkage of men…
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General ET2022SIN347A103 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2024 This research, outreach and networking project aims to better understand the political economy and governance of river sand commodity chains in Ethiopia to put the topic on the agenda of policy makers and civil society in Ethiopia. Finding ways to sustainably govern sand mining and sand economies more broadly has recently been put on the agenda of both policy makers (UNEP 2019) and academia (Torres et al 2017). Building on a Governance of Commodity Chain (GoCC) framework developed for the study of sand mining in India, Nepal and Bangladesh and…