A woman from Madagascar beams when she talks about the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and the thrill of being with students from across the continent: “Everybody speaks science. It’s very exciting. … It’s like a library with people...
Could decentralized renewable energy technologies for water services help poor communities in developing countries better adapt to climate change? Could they promote equitable access under increasingly uncertain conditions? Those are the questions...
It’s no secret that traditional crops such as millets and pulses are highly nutritious. Now researchers, working with women in Ethiopia and India are making it easier for them to use these local crops when cooking healthy meals at home and creating...
A project supported by the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) is overcoming key obstacles to increasing the production and consumption of hardy and healthy grains in India. These efforts are benefiting poor, rural, and...
Citizens in remote rural areas in 11 Asian countries are leaping over language barriers and into the Internet age. They may now be able to access government services online, and submit college applications without making an arduous trek to the city...
$20 million is going toward high-level training in scientific and technical fields through the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Progress can come from unexpected places.
For example, Viateur Tuyisenge lost his whole family in the...
Created in 2005 with IDRC support, the UbuntuNet Alliance has helped propel many of southern and eastern Africa’s academic institutions into the Internet age. It has done this by promoting policies and practices that have drastically reduced the...
Can wireless technologies improve the quality of health care in poor countries? By answering that question with a resounding “yes,” a seven-year IDRC-supported project in Uganda gave rise to a new way of practising medicine in remote...
This book explores how policies targeting public research institutions, such as universities, contribute to the appropriation of biotechnology through national innovation systems.
Around the world, biotechnology has become a driving force for...
In the dim light of a makeshift beer hall in Phillipi township, South Africa, tourist Rob Denhom is introduced to a taste like no other. A man passes him a rusty can full of Umqomboti, a traditional bitter-sour millet beer. It is more than the...