Future Agricultures is supporting several new research projects in 2013-2014, building on the evidence gathered through our research themes.

A summary of the small grants awarded in October 2013 is below. To get news of the publications and other outputs from each research project, sign up to our email newsletter.

Small grants awarded: Thematic Support Fund

Blessing Butaumocho and Douglas Magunda (Zimbabwe)

Validation of the NVAC (National Vulnerability Assessment Committees) food security assessments, starting with the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC). Theme: Growth and Social Protection

Denboy Kudejira (Zimbabwe)

Climate Change and Agriculture in Zimbabwe: Agricultural Extension Service Delivery in New Resettlement Small-scale Farm Areas of Zimbabwe. Theme: Climate Change

Helen Dancer (UK)

Land transparency and the law; land, commercialisation and gender; gender dynamics in commercial sugar investments in Tanzania. Themes: Land, Gender & Social Difference

Kojo Amanor (Ghana)

Analysis of rice production systems in the Northern Region of Ghana, where smallholders continue to produce large quantities of rice for the market. Theme: Science, Technology & Innovation

Getnet Tadele and Asrat Ayalew Gella (Ethiopia)

The process and challenges of becoming a [young] farmer:  who becomes a farmer, why and how? Theme: Young People and Agrifood

Loveness Msofi, Elton Mgalamadzi, Patrick Makawa and Christopher Midian

Analysis of the competitive advantage of Malawian women farmers in dairy enterprises; a case study of Thyolo and Blantyre districts in Southern Malawi. Theme: Gender & Social Difference