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  • How can Seed Governance Support Peacebuilding?

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    • Blog

    A newly published blog by Oliver Callaghan, Abishkar Subedi from Wageningen University and Research and KIT Institute’s senior advisor Eelco Jacobs, explores the question: can seed governance contribute to peace in fragile and conflict-affected contexts? Written in the context of Action Learning Process 4 (ALP-4) as part of the ISSD Africa programme, the blog unpacks […]

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  • Driving Inclusive Agriculture Transformation: Forget Just Governments and Businesses – Meet the AFIOs!

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    • Blog

    Agri-Food Industry Organizations (AFIOs) have increasingly gained recognition and attention as key actors in fostering inclusive agricultural transformation. Defined as organisations that can bring together farmers’ groups, cooperatives, and agri-food SMEs, AFIOs are often engaged in activities ranging from production and aggregation to processing and trade. With their deep embeddedness in local value chains, their […]

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  • New Report from Nestlé’s Income Accelerator Program Shows Impact on Cocoa Farm Incomes and Resilience

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    • News

    A new progress report from KIT Institute offers fresh insights on the impact of Nestlé’s Income Accelerator Program (IAP). The Income Accelerator Program, launched in 2022, is designed to improve the income levels of cocoa farming households in Côte d’Ivoire while addressing child labour risk. KIT Institute, alongside the Rainforest Alliance and the International Cocoa […]

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  • KIT Institute joins AGRINATURA’s Business Unit at the Annual General Assembly in Ghent

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    At the 2025 AGRINATURA General Assembly held in Ghent, Belgium in May, KIT Institute was formally accepted into the Agrinatura EEIG – a group of ten leading European universities and research institutes that directly advise the European Union (DG-INTPA) on tropical food systems, with a strong focus on Africa. Representing KIT Institute at the General Assembly were Advisors Nicola Francesconi and Caitlin Herrington, who joined peers […]

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  • Final Insights from Fenomenal Funds Learning Partnership Published

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    • News

    Feminist movements today are navigating increasingly complex, underfunded, and hostile environments. Despite these challenges, they remain vital forces of resistance and innovation and are needed now more than ever. Between mid-2023 and early 2025, KIT Institute worked in its role as Learning Partner alongside Fenomenal Funds stakeholders to co-create and implement a participatory learning process grounded in […]

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  • Kick-off BRIDGE Mentorship Initiative

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    KIT Institute has launched the BRIDGE Mentorship Initiative in partnership with the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. This new initiative supports early-career researchers conducting epidemiological studies by pairing them with experienced mentors for a year-long, one-to-one exchange. The pilot round brings together six mentor–mentee pairs from Peru, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, Rwanda, and the Netherlands. […]

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  • How the Private Sector is Working to Include Smallholder Farmers

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    • News

    A new working paper by experts from KIT Institute sheds light on the complex dynamics of smallholder inclusion in global agrifood value chains. Titled Understanding Smallholder Inclusion Efforts of the Private Sector – A Grounded Analytical Framework, the paper explores how lead firms are engaging smallholders through various inclusion programs—and why a deeper, more nuanced […]

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  • No Woman Left Behind: Listening to Women to Transform Maternal and Newborn Care

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    • Blog

    Today, April 7th, 2025, is World Health Day and marks the launch of a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health. Titled Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures, the campaign calls on governments and the global health community to intensify efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths and to prioritize women’s long-term health and well-being. At […]

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  • Dispatch from: Islamabad

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    • Dispatch

    Senior epidemiologist Mirjam Bakker was in Pakistan for the start of a new research project and visited a chest camp. She sent us a dispatch from Islamabad. From 26 to 31 January I travelled to Islamabad in Pakistan to prepare and join the 2-day kick-off and protocol development workshop of an exciting new research project with the objective to develop innovative active case finding (ACF) approaches to optimise […]

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  • Guest Post: Investing in global health – ensuring a better future for everyone

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    • Event

    As Mari-Luz Kerkhoven, Youth Ambassador for the ONE Campaign, closed the Health and Prosperity: How Dutch Investments in Global Health Drive Security and Economic Growth conference with a powerful message of urgency, we invited her to reflect on the day’s discussions. Policymakers have to take responsibility and continue supporting global health investments; with this message, […]

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  • Strategic TB Screening: KIT Institute and Mercy Corps in Action

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    • Video

    On #WorldTBDay, we are highlighting our work with Mercy Corps to improve TB detection in Pakistan, where many cases go undiagnosed. Chest camps (mobile screening vans) can bring diagnosis and treatment closer to communities – but how can they be strategically placed for maximum impact? Since 2019, KIT Institute has been supporting Mercy Corps and […]

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  • Guest Post: Health, Wealth, and Security – how Dutch investments in global health drive prosperity

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    A well-organised and insightful conference on Health and Prosperity: How Dutch Investments in Global Health Drive Security and Economic Growth took place at the KIT Institute in Amsterdam this past Monday 10 of March, 2025. The event was co-hosted by KIT Institute and the Gates Foundation, with active engagement of Cordaid, Aidsfonds, the ONE Campaign, Philips and us at KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation. Strong government representation from […]

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