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These pages provide links to a collection of 280 summaries that describe key outputs from projects run by DFID's recently completed 10-year Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) programmes. For ease of access these are grouped according to groups of major topics included in the research programme outputs, as illustrated below.
There is also an alternative listing organized according to groups of to primary audiences or intended beneficiaries.
(Photo Credit: Stevie Mann)
The seven Acrobat PDF files linked to the topics below are sections of a booklet
"New technologies, new processes, new policies: tried-and-tested and ready-to-use results from DFID-funded research"
which summarise the 280 key outputs.
1. Improving Farmers' Livelihoods: Better Crops, Forest Products & Pest Control
2. Better Lives for Livestock Keepers: Improved Livestock Production & Health
3. Improving Fishers' Livelihoods: Better Fisheries Management & Aquaculture
4. Sustainable Environments: Water Harvesting, Catchment Management & Environments
5. Boosting Development Options: Improved Marketing, Processing & Storage
6. Promoting Success: Partnerships, Policy & Empowerment
7. Spreading the Word: Knowledge Management & Dissemination


Topic 1:

Better Crops, Forest Products & Pest Control (Photo Credit: Stevie Mann)
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red bullet Agroforestry and Forestry
red bullet Legumes: Groundnut, Chickpea, Beans, Horsegram, Cowpea, Pigeonpea
red bullet Sweet Potato
red bullet Banana
red bullet Rice
red bullet Cereals: Maize, Wheat, Sorghum,
Finger Millet, Pearl Millet
red bullet Potato
red bullet Cassava
red bullet Coffee
red bullet Horticulture and other crops
red bullet Pests, Disease & Weed control, Fruit Flies, Biopesticides
red bullet Tools, Techniques, Methods
Improving Farmers' Livelihoods:
Better Crops, Forest Products & Pest Control
Topic 2:
red bullet Draught Animal Power
red bullet Extension & Livestock Husbandry
red bullet Beter Feed & Forage
red bullet Community based goat productivity
red bullet Livestock disease
red bullet Sleeping Sickness and Tsetse control
red bullet Worm Control in Sheep and Goats
red bullet Zoonoses: Brucellosis, Bovine TB, Rabies
Better Lives for Livestock Keepers:
Improved Livestock Production & Health
Topic 3:
Better Fisheries Management & Aquaculture (Photo Credit: Stevie Mann)
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red bullet Increasing Productivity
red bullet Markets and Management
red bullet Improved Fish Processing and Reduced Losses
Improving Fishers' Livelihoods:
Better Fisheries Management & Aquaculture
Topic 4:
Sustainable Environments (Photo Credit: Stevie Mann)
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red bullet Planning and Management
red bullet Production
red bullet Information and Guides
Sustainable Environments: Water Harvesting, Catchment Management & Environments
Topic 5:
Improved Marketing, Processing & Storage (Photo Credit: Stevie Mann)
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red bullet Improved Marketing Systems
red bullet Better Processing
red bullet Improved Storage Systems
red bullet Food Safety and Medicinal Plants
red bullet Information and Tools
Boosting Development Options:
Improved Marketing, Processing & Storage
Topic 6:
Partnerships, Policy & Empowerment (Photo Credit: Stevie Mann)
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red bullet Planning and Policy
red bullet Community Development
red bullet Information and Tools
Promoting Success:
Partnerships, Policy & Empowerment
Topic 7:
Knowledge Management & Dissemination (Photo Credit: Stevie Mann)
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red bullet Dissemination
red bullet Information, Tools and Software
red bullet Improved Participation
red bullet Better Techniques / Methods
Spreading the Word:
Knowledge Management & Dissemination