Projects

Impact Area

Topic

Year

Making Stakeholder Collaboration Effective
- Institute
- Project
KIT Royal Tropical Institute has been supporting CRP MAIZE in strengthening stakeholder interaction and the capacity of its staff to make such interaction contribute to research impact. Together with MAIZE innovation specialists, we document and analyse the work being done in four projects (two in Africa, one in Asia and one in Latin America), supporting […]

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UNDP Agribusiness Supplier Development Program
- Institute
- Project
KIT Royal Tropical Institute is assisting the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to help smallholder farmers and SME agribusinesses improve productivity in sub-Saharan Africa by improving sustainable business links with lead firms. Sustainable sourcing can contribute to the local economic development of suppliers, small and medium enterprises (SME) and their communities. However, leading firms are […]

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Gender Equity through Writing Facilitation
- Institute
- Project
KIT Royal Tropical Institute facilitated and led the writing process for the fourth book in the value chain series: Challenging Chains to Change – gender equity in agricultural value chain development. The book is used in development and coaching trajectories for gender equity in value chain development in Africa. Meeting challenges Efforts to improve value chains often […]

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Purchase for Progress Learning Trajectory and Write-Shops
- Institute
- Project
In 2008 The World Food Programme (WFP) piloted a programme to direct a percentage of its procurement to smallholder farmers in developing countries. The pilot – Purchase for Progress (P4P) – took place in 21 countries. KIT undertook value chain research for WFP in six of those countries and delivered recommendations for programme implementation at […]

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Gender Training of UN Peacekeepers
- Institute
- Project
KIT Royal Tropical Institute was hired by the Dutch police to provide training on culture and gender to police and Marechaussee personnel who were deployed to countries where the Netherlands was contributing to peacekeeping missions – such as Mali, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Tailored training KIT developed a tailored training for Dutch police and Marechaussee personnel […]

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Supporting a National Centre for Agricultural Technical Training in Egypt
- Institute
- Project
KIT was part of a consortium working with the Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) to establish a sustainable and practice-oriented agriculture training centre for male and female skilled labour. This aimed to contribute to the delivery of adequate training for the agricultural sector in Egypt. Best practice centre RISE – formerly the Desert […]

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Strengthening a dairy cooperative’s extension services in Kenya
- Institute
- Project
BAMSCOS, a union of farmer cooperatives in Baringo, Kenya teamed up with KIT and Agriterra in an effort to further strengthen and professionalise its extension services. For BAMSCOS this was a crucial step towards improving the income and conditions of their members. Furthermore, by handling larger volumes of milk it would increase the viability of […]

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Integrated Seed Sector Development in the Sahel
- Institute
- Project
ISSD/Sahel Thirty-two per cent of the Nigerien population and 21 per cent of the Malian population still struggle with food and nutrition insecurity. Sustainable intensification of food crop production can address this and, at the same time, provide economic opportunities. To this end, high-quality seeds are essential. This project will ensure the availability and use […]

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Building Life Skills for Adolescent Girls with Plan UK
- Institute
- Project
At the request of Plan UK, KIT Royal Tropical Institute undertook this baseline study to identify the factors affecting access to and completion of lower secondary education by girls in Cambodia, El Salvador, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. The project led to a system for improved use of data, production of […]

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Gender and Land Governance Action Learning Programme
- Institute
- Project
The gender and land governance action learning programme aims to identify and test approaches that address barriers to realising women’s land rights. Given the complexity in land governance and gender relations and the close link with agricultural development and the protection of livelihoods, the programme implements context specific projects run by interdisciplinary teams of members […]

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Gender and Rights Resource Guide
- Institute
- Project
The online Gender and Rights Resource Guide enables non-governmental organisations to enhance their gender perspective on Rights Based Approaches (RBAs). The guide’s development has been informed by both literature and practices emerging from struggles for gender rights and equality. Concepts and tools for development practice The guide begins by demystifying the concept of rights in […]

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Gender Responsive Budgeting with UN Women Iraq
- Institute
- Project
The Gender Responsive Budgets (GRB) project delivered a series of training workshops, mentoring, and technical assistance to government agencies, civil society organisations, and academia in Kurdistan, Iraq. The goal was to facilitate the inclusion of gender equality issues across governments, and integrate gender equality issues in budget reform processes. The scope of activities The GRB project […]

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