RNRRS legacy
The RIU programme began in July 2006 as a follow-up to DFID's £220 million investment in the Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS).
The RNRRS ran from 1995 to 2006 with its aim being to "remove researchable constraints to the sustainable development and/or management of natural resources".
The strategy was managed through ten research programmes:
These research programmes were designed to generate new knowledge and promote its uptake and application. They addressed the needs of people operating in a range of environments who depend upon crops, livestock, fish or forests for their livelihoods.
Over 1600 individual research projects were undertaken under RNRRS. The results achieved by the programmes and projects implemented under RNRRS showed that while there is potential for agricultural and natural resources research to reduce poverty, promote economic growth and mitigate environmental problems - and thus contribute to the Millennium Development Goals - much of that potential remains unrealized, in part because of the difficulties of scaling up the results of research.
RIU was originally conceived as an activity that would link together the many agents involved in innovation - policymakers, researchers, suppliers and end-users - and enable a system which uses research to benefit the poor, leveraging greater impact from the RNRRS investment and exploring how the lessons learned.
Resources
The RNRRS legacy includes the Natural Resources Knowledge Database containing searchable information on 280 validated research outputs, plus a series of publications (some in French), several of which are now archived.
The RIU programme began in July 2006 as a follow-up to DFID's £220 million investment in the Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS).
The RNRRS ran from 1995 to 2006 with its aim being to "remove researchable constraints to the sustainable development and/or management of natural resources".
The strategy was managed through ten research programmes:
- Animal health -
www.dfid-ahp.org.uk
DFID Animal Health Programme (AHP) - Aquaculture and fish genetic research -
www.dfid.stir.ac.uk/Afgrp
DFID Aquaculture and Fish Genetics Research Programme (AFGRP) - Crop post-harvest -
www.cphp.uk.com
DFID Aquaculture and Fish Genetics Research Programme (CPHP) - Crop protection -
www.cpp.uk.com
DFID Crop Protection Programme (CPP) - Fisheries management science -
www.fmsp.org.uk
DFID Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP) - Forestry research -
Archive of website www.frp.uk.com
DFID Forestry Research Programme (FRP) - Livestock production -
www.lpp.uk.com
DFID Livestock Production Programme (LPP) - Natural resources systems -
www.nrsp.org
DFID Natural Resources Systems Programme NRSP - Plant sciences -
Programme record, source: DFID
DFID Plant Sciences Research Programme (PSP) - Post-harvest fisheries programme -
www.phfp.uk.com
DFID Post-Harvest Fisheries Research Programme (PHFRP)
These research programmes were designed to generate new knowledge and promote its uptake and application. They addressed the needs of people operating in a range of environments who depend upon crops, livestock, fish or forests for their livelihoods.
Over 1600 individual research projects were undertaken under RNRRS. The results achieved by the programmes and projects implemented under RNRRS showed that while there is potential for agricultural and natural resources research to reduce poverty, promote economic growth and mitigate environmental problems - and thus contribute to the Millennium Development Goals - much of that potential remains unrealized, in part because of the difficulties of scaling up the results of research.
RIU was originally conceived as an activity that would link together the many agents involved in innovation - policymakers, researchers, suppliers and end-users - and enable a system which uses research to benefit the poor, leveraging greater impact from the RNRRS investment and exploring how the lessons learned.
Resources
The RNRRS legacy includes the Natural Resources Knowledge Database containing searchable information on 280 validated research outputs, plus a series of publications (some in French), several of which are now archived.
| Ian Maudlin, RIU Director, introduces Research Into Use, explains its aims and outlines the impacts the programme hopes to achieve. November 2009 (3:55) |  |
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