[UgaBYTES] Calls for examples of impacts of IDRC-supported research

[Ndaula Sulah]

  Standing the Test of Time



What are the lasting impacts of 40 years of IDRC-supported research? We'd
like to find out. IDRC will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2010. To mark
the occasion, we want to document and write stories about some of the
projects and activities supported by IDRC since its creation that have had
and continue to have an impact — that have improved people's lives. For
example:



   - Cassava breeding research supported in Africa during the 1970s and
   1980s led to the development of high protein varieties of cassava and to
   plants uniquely adapted to West African growing conditions. One of those
   varieties helped make Nigeria a leading world producer of this staple food
   crop.
   - In Morocco, research to facilitate the processing of argan nuts
   resulted in the creation of women's cooperatives that provide more than 2500
   women with an income, training, and other services. Conservation and
   reforestation of argan plantations are also helping stop desert
   encroachment.
   - In India, pilot village knowledge centres to bring information and
   communication technologies to remote communities are making livelihoods more
   secure, sustainable, and safe, and are helping villagers to develop new
   skills. The research has spawned a grassroots movement to bring the benefits
   of the knowledge revolution to 600 000 villages.
   - After 32 failed attempts to reach consensus on water legislation and a
   deadly social conflict over water rights, IDRC-supported researchers in
   Bolivia have helped their country develop a water law that everyone could
   agree on. The new law recognizes traditional water rights anduses, and
   guarantees rights to water for irrigation for Indigenous and farming
   communities.


>From disease-resistant banana varieties to health system improvements that
reduced rates of death and illness, we would like you to share with us
examples of how IDRC-supported research has made a difference. The goal is
to show the range of work IDRC supports and has supported and the real
impact it has had – and continues to have -- on the lives of real people
around the world.

What are the lasting impacts of 40 years of IDRC-supported research? You
tell us.
 Contact Details Lasting Impacts c/o Michelle Hibler, International
Development Research Centre, PO Box 8500, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 3H9.* Email
*: impacts at idrc.ca

*Deadline: December 15, 2008*


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