Harnessing Natural and Human Capital

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1 NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE Haressig Natural ad Huma Capital

2 Who we are The Natural Resources Istitute (NRI) is a specialist istitute of the Uiversity of Greewich. We provide research, cosultacy, traiig ad advisory services to uderpi sustaiable developmet, ecoomic growth ad poverty reductio. The majority of our activities focus o the haressig of atural ad huma capital for the beefit of developig coutries, though much of our expertise has proved to be of growig relevace to idustrialized atios. The Istitute is located i Chatham, approximately oe hour from cetral Lodo, ad has over 60 professioal staff i disciplies ragig from athropology ad eterprise developmet to etomology ad food sciece. Specialist associates also work with us o specific programmes. NRI is registered by the British Stadards Istitute to ISO What we do Workig i partership with developmet agecies, we cotribute to pro-poor policy formulatio ad udertake research ad techical evaluatios that uderpi plaig ad ivestmet decisios. Through our practical experiece of idetifyig ad exploitig ecoomic opportuities for the poor i the atural resources sector, we have strog liks with private sector players ad the itermediary orgaizatios that represet them. Where we work NRI works globally, with a focus o coutries with less developed ecoomies i Africa, Asia ad Lati America. The Natural Resources Istitute is committed to providig distictive, high quality ad relevat cosultacy, learig ad advice i support of sustaiable developmet, ecoomic growth ad poverty reductio

3 Selected programmes Makig agriculture work for the poor A overwhelmig umber of the world s poorest people are ivolved i farmig that does ot meet their basic food eeds or geerate eough icome to lift them out of poverty. NRI ad its etwork of parter orgaisatios throughout the world are workig to develop better agricultural techologies ad improved systems that will have a real impact i reducig poverty ad malutritio. Examples of our work iclude: Improved crop productio by smallholders through the developmet of improved farmig systems ad ew techologies; Supportig the productio of high value products by smallholder farmers; Developig better research ad advisory services for poor farmers that itegrate farmers ad cosumers kowledge with iput supply ad marketig iformatio. Food ad trade For decades, weakesses i post-productio food maagemet, eterprise developmet ad marketig have bee a major costrait to agricultural growth ad trade, ad its potetial to reduce poverty i developig coutries. Sice the early 1990s, the Natural Resources Istitute has played a leadig role i helpig to develop food marketig systems i collaboratio with local parters. Examples of our work iclude: Developmet of warehouse receipt systems i East ad Souther Africa; Supportig small ad medium eterprises (SMEs) to tur cassava ito a higher value commodity; Uderstadig ad resolvig the impact of stadards o smallholders i Africa; Developig bradig strategies for the fisheries sector i Vietam.

4 Chage ad vulerability Today s world is oe of uprecedeted chage ad issues such as climate chage, globalisatio, coflict, emerget diseases ad major migratory pests ca all icrease vulerability ad threate the livelihood ad health of poor people. NRI is workig to uderstad, quatify ad mitigate these major challeges so as to help the world s poorest to withstad these potetially disastrous multiple threats. Examples of our work iclude: Ivestigatio of impacts of drought o pastoralists i souther Ethiopia; Assessmet of the livelihood impacts of humaitaria lad mie removal i Yeme; Cotributios to the 2007 Fourth Assessmet Report of the Itergovermetal Pael o Climate Chage; Stregtheig local agricultural iovatio systems to adapt to climate chage ad variability. Capacity stregtheig Recet studies have cofirmed that absece of capacity represets oe of the major costraits to growth i the Africa agriculture ad atural resources sector. NRI ad its etwork of parter orgaisatios i Africa are addressig capacity costraits i the sector through a rage of itervetios, ivolvig developmet ad maagemet of pa- Africa capacity buildig programmes o the oe had ad through targeted techology trasfer o the other. Examples of our work iclude: Facilitatio ad backstoppig of a pa- Africa capacity stregtheig programme for research i agriculture; Workig with Africa uiversity etworks to stregthe capacity i leadership ad maagemet; Stregtheig capacity i fisheries testig laboratories i ACP coutries.

5 Examples of curret work Research: Product developmet ad marketig compoet the of HarvestPlus Challege Program i Africa, HarvestPlus, ( ). Vector-based cotrol of huma Africa Trypaosomiasis usig bait techology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicie, ( ). Small-Scale Producers ad Stadards i Agrifood Supply Chais, DFID ( ). Techical assistace ad cosultacy: Maagemet of support to fisheries policy, DFID, ( ). Namibia: Techical assistace to Rural Poverty Reductio Programme, EC, ( ). Appraisal of implemetatio of IFAD programme of support to post-tsuami recostructio i the Maldives, ( ). Ugada: Techical assistace to the Agricultural Commodity Exchage, EC, ( ). Capacity buildig, teachig ad traiig: Ehacig the capacity of the Departmet of Agriculture, Educatio & Extesio of Makerere Uiversity to offer iovative courses, British Coucil, ( ). Stregtheig capacity for agricultural research ad developmet i Africa, FARA with DFID, ( ). Taught MSc programmes i Natural Resource Maagemet ad Food Safety. PhD traiig at NRI curretly 35 studets registered.

6 Key cotacts Director Dr Guy Poulter Research Professor Adrew Westby Traiig Dr Peter Burt Cosultacy Joh Lito Natural Resources Istitute Uiversity of Greewich at Medway Cetral Aveue Chatham Maritime Ket ME4 4TB Telephoe: Telephoe from outside the UK: Fax: Fax from outside the UK: Website: This documet is available i other formats o request Uiversity of Greewich, a charity ad compay limited by guaratee, registered i Eglad (reg. o ). Registered office: Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greewich, Lodo SE10 9LS D2017-9E December 09

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