Skip to content

Working Paper Series

KIT Working Papers aim to share the results of work by KIT and its partners with development practitioners, researchers and policymakers. We welcome your feedback. Readers are encouraged to reproduce, share and quote the papers, provided acknowledgement is given to KIT.

2022

2021

2020

2019

2017

2016

2015

About KIT

KIT Royal Tropical Institute is an independent centre of expertise and education for sustainable development. We assist governments, NGOs and private corporations around the world to build inclusive and sustainable societies, while measuring their impact.

Guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, our work focuses on health, gender, economic development and intercultural cooperation.

Facts & figures

Countries in which we are active
50+

Sustainable Economic Development, Gender and Health Projects
196

Health Professionals trained at KIT
3,024

Nationalities of Participants
95

People trained by Intercultural Professionals
1,895

Events by Conferences & Events
1,925

The SDG house at KIT Royal Tropical Institute hosts a diverse range of forward-thinking entrepreneurs, NGOs and organisations all working towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through partnerships, co-creation and the exchange of ideas, we aim to maximise our collective impact.

About SDG House

2022

Promoting the role of smallholder farmers in the mitigation of climate change

Agriculture & Health are Inseparably Linked in Work Towards Sustainable & Economic Development

2021

Why a segmentation strategy matters for serving the women’s market

Inclusive Business Cases Linking Agriculture and Conservation

Value Chain Approaches for Social Change

2020

Harnessing blockchain technology for commodity chains

Alternative finance in commodity chains

2019

What do participatory approaches have to offer the measurement of empowerment of women and girls?

Gender Lens Impact Investing: Catalyst for Change in Commodity Value Chains

The impact of voluntary sustainability standards on small-scale farmers in global commodity chains

A KIT Working Paper: Make Hay While the Sun Shines

2017

Access to foundation seed of varieties in the public domain

Public variety use agreements

Creating space for ‘informal’ seed systems in a plant variety protection system that is based on UPOV 1991

Access and benefit-sharing policies for climate-resilient seed systems

The support for farmers-led seed systems in African seed laws

The contribution of AIS approaches to achieving impact at scale – intentions, realities and outlooks

Systems Analysis in AIS: potentials and pitfalls

Agricultural Research for Development to Intervene Effectively in Complex Systems and the Implications for Research Organizations

Do theories of change enable innovation platforms and partnerships to navigate towards impact?

Making business out of low-profit seed

Effective seed quality assurance

Financing seed business

Access to information on varieties in the public domain

2016

The governance of agricultural extension systems

Quality of content in agricultural extension

Monitoring and evaluation for accountability and learning

Harnessing ICT for agricultural extension

Incentives for enhanced performance of agricultural extension systems

2015

Catalysing innovation: from theory to action

Planning the unplannable: designing value chain interventions for impact @ scale

Impact assessment and the quest for the Holy Grail

Extension in Motion

Market-based solutions for input supply: making inputs accessible for smallholder farmers in Africa

Bringing agriculture and nutrition together using a gender lens

Unleashing potential: gender and youth inclusive agri-food chains

Enhancing rural labour productivity

Help us improve KIT