Shamilah Nassozi, Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston, Charles Spillane.  Tuesday, 9th – Wednesday, 10th September 2024  LEG4DEV share latest findings on rural energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa  Access to clean, affordable energy is critical for sustainable development, yet millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa still lack this basic necessity. Despite the potential benefits of renewable energy…

Pacsu Simwaka, Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston 22nd to 25th July 2024 LEG4DEV PhD researcher Pacsu Simwaka (SLU) recently attended the 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture. Pacsu presented his research findings on the potential of Permanent Raised Beds for conservation agriculture in legume farming in Malawi. The 9th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (CA), organized…

Yared Tessema, Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston, Charles Spillane 5th – 7th June 2024  LEG4DEV researcher Yared Tessema attended the second annual Mary Robinson Climate Conference between the 5th and 7th of June 2024 at the Mary Robinson Centre in Ballina, Co Mayo, Ireland.  The second annual conference entitled “A Shared Response to A Shared Responsibility”…

Timalizge Munthali, Ciara Varley, Una Murray, Charles Spillane, Angharad Johnston. May 8th 2024 LEG4DEV PhD researcher Timalizge Munthali attended the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit’s session on Soil Health and Gender. Discussions at the event focused on the importance of womens’ land ownership and the key roles women farmers can play in informing and implementing policy. Although women smallholders play key…

Thomas Delaune, Ciara Varley, Angharad Johnston. April 9th – 12th 2024  LEG4DEV researcher Thomas Delaune from the Plant Production Systems group at Wageningen University attended the 5th Global Food Security Conference in Leuven, Belgium, from April 9-12, 2024. The conference focused on addressing the challenges of creating equitable, sustainable, and resilient food systems in response…

14th – 15th September 2023 LEG4DEV researcher Adam Muhammad from the University of Hohenheim, Germany, attended the Bio-Geosphere Africa (BioGARD) Conference 2023 in Stuttgart-Hohenheim (Germany) between 14-15 September 2023. Adam presented his LEG4DEV research findings entitled “Meta-analysis: Integration of common bean in maize cropping system enhances resilience to rainfall variability in Africa” at the Conference.…