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  • Aligning research and innovation through the European Partnership on One Health and Antimicrobial Resistance (EUP OHAMR)

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    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health challenge that affects human and animal health, food security and the environment. The European Partnership on One Health and Antimicrobial Resistance (EUP OHAMR) brings together 53 organisations from 30 countries across the EU and beyond, aiming to close knowledge gaps and break silos between sectors, disciplines and perspectives. […]

  • Business-to-Business (B2B) Organisational and Marketing Innovations in Nigerian Horticulture

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    The HortiNigeria programme, implemented by IFDC in partnership with Wageningen Research, East-West Seed International and KIT Institute, is strengthening Nigeria’s horticulture sector across the entire value chain—from production to marketing. This new learning brief explores how local actors drive innovation within Business-to-Business (B2B) linkages in Kano, Kaduna, Ogun, and Oyo states. Using Actor-Network Theory, it […]

  • Navigating competing demands in monitoring and evaluation: Five key paradoxes

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    Evaluation in complex programs assembling multiple actors and combining various interventions faces contradictory requirements. In this article, we take a management perspective to show how to recognize and accommodate these contradictory elements as paradoxes. Through reflective practice we identify five paradoxes, each consisting of two contradicting logics: the paradox of purpose—between accountability and learning; the […]

  • Frugal innovation and legitimacy

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    While legitimacy related to frugal innovation has not yet received much attention, in this chapter we argue that the concept is of key importance to this field. We identify three legitimacy challenges for frugal innovation: the possibly exploitative tendencies associated with the dominant role of MNCs in local informal communities; how frugal innovations are often […]

  • Prices, profit margins and intermediary market power: evidence from the matooke value chain in Uganda

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    There is widespread belief that intermediaries in African agri-food value chains have disproportionate market power. In this paper, the authors examine this belief by uncovering the purchasing and selling prices, costs and profit margins by farmers, intermediaries and retailers in the matooke (cooking banana) value chain in Uganda, and by analysing the prevailing value chain […]

  • Final Evaluation of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile

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    The Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile (AGT) was signed in July 2016 to support companies in implementing due diligence, develop joint activities and projects, and ultimately address adverse social, environmental and animal welfare challenges in supply chains. This evaluation aims to assess the qualitative and quantitative progress achieved in relation to the AGT’s […]

  • Evaluation of Dutch IRBC policy – Cross-country synthesis

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    This synthesis report forms part of the evaluation of Dutch policy on International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC)1 by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IOB), comprising (i) sector agreements on IRBC, (ii) frameworks for private sector instruments, (iii) Dutch Embassy activities, (iv) international cooperation and legislation, and (v) […]

  • Evaluation of Dutch IRBC Policy – India Report

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    This report is the result of a case study conducted in India as part of the evaluation of Dutch policy on International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The India study aimed to evaluate how different Dutch IRBC policy instruments manifest […]

  • Evaluation of Dutch IRBC policy – Ethiopia Report

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    This report is the result of a case study conducted in Ethiopia as part of the evaluation of Dutch policy on International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IOB). The Ethiopia case study aims to evaluate how different Dutch IRBC policy instruments manifest […]

  • Evaluation of Dutch IRBC policy – Colombia Report

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    This report is the result of a case study conducted in Colombia as part of theevaluation of Dutch policy on International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IOB). The Colombia study focuses on the mining sector and explores whether and how Dutch IRBC […]

  • Evaluation of Dutch IRBC policy – Bangladesh Report

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    This report is the result of a case study conducted in Bangladesh as part of the evaluation of Dutch policy on International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC) by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IOB). The Bangladesh case study aimed to evaluate how different Dutch IRBC policy instruments manifest […]

  • Aquaculture value chain analysis in Zambia

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    Although Zambia is endowed with natural water resources that offer significant opportunities, about 50% of the estimated fish demand is unmet. Zambian capture fisheries are operating at a fully exploited or over-exploited level. Aquaculture production is beginning to respond to the ever-increasing demand for fish, along with imports that have increased markedly