The Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH) at Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) is launching a 12-month fellowship for refugees and other displaced scholars who are interested in graduate-level study in the field of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (RFMS).
Re-thinking the role of small-holder farmers in the future of food production
Re-thinking the role of small-holder farmers in the future of food production: Prosperity and Innovation in the Past and Future of Farming in Africa (PIPFA)
Over the past year, the Institute for Global Prosperity has been coordinating an AHRC-funded partnership (PIPFA) linking institutions in Kenya and the UK, including the University of Eldoret, Elgeyo-Marakwet County Government, the East African Herbarium, the UN Environment Programme, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Pesticide Action Network UK. Embedded within Prosperity Co-Lab Kenya and bringing together a dynamic team of citizens, academics, scientists and policy makers, this partnership aims to reframe how we understand, empower and harness the abilities of smallholder farmers in Eastern Africa. By drawing upon original Citizen Science-led empirical research in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, PIPFA specifically aims to reconceptualise the role of farmers as the drivers of agronomic innovation as inspiration for designing future forms of agricultural prosperity.