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Network grants to SLU for international collaborations

Published: 01 December 2020
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The Swedish Research Council has decided to award grants to SLU research projects for international collaborations.

Two of the projects that received grant from The Swedish Research Council are:

Åsa Lankinen
Åsa Lankinen
, Building a north-south network to target biodiversity and pollination as a path towards sustainable cocoa agriculture in West Africa, 400 000 SEK.

About the project:
The project proposes to develop a West African Cocoa Research and Innovation Network (WACRIN) to form a consortium to address intractably low cocoa yields among smallholder farmers in West Africa. The network will improve knowledge-sharing and best research practice among researchers in lowincome West African researchers working on cocoa sustainability. It is expected to lead to collaborative applications for research, development and capacity building funding from diverse sources.

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Teun Dekker
Teun Dekker
, Research, innovation and practice: fitting IPM tools of fruit flies to local settings, 800 000 SEK

About the project:
The project will identify important knowledge gaps and other constraints in integrated pest management (IPM) of fruit flies, and identify economically feasible, environmentally sound and sustainable IPM practices in fruit fly control. The network will work with smallholder farmers to control practices in larger scale commercial farms of South Africa.

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