The awarded programmes

20 July 2005

All three Integrated Programmes the WOTRO board awarded involve strong international and interdisciplinary cooperation. Furthermore, the programmes combine innovative research with a relevance of expected results for the societies of the (developing) countries in which the research is conducted.

Below the awarded programmes are shortly described. More information about the research projects can be obtained by clicking on the links below the texts.

Illegal but licit: transnational flows and permissive polities in Asia

In the four research projects of this programme scientists investigate the flows of poor people and goods across the borders of Asian countries. States declare these movements illegal but states themselves are sometimes involved in them. The four research projects focus on participants’ identities and notions of (il)legality and (il)licitness. Aim is to produce new methods for studying transnational practices.

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More crop per drop, more cropping per dropping: optimizing the interactions between organic resources, soil macrofauna biodiversity and soil structure for enhanced water and nitrogen use efficiency in west and east African cropping systems

To develop and manage sustainable cropping systems, knowledge about soil organic matter, soil macrofauna and soil structure is crucial. To ultimately get ‘more crop per drop’, the researchers in this programme investigate the effects of agricultural management on soil quality and nitrogen and water use efficiency, emphasizing the role of macrofauna and climates in East and West Africa.

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Frankincense, myrrh and gum Arabic: sustainable use of dry woodland resources in Ethiopia

The main research question of this programme is: in what way can dry land forests in Ethiopia be made productive while maintaining ecosystem integrity in terms of sustainability of production and vegetation cover? The researchers will explore the possibilities for the production of gum and resin, which could significantly contribute towards sustainable development of the Ethiopian dry lands.

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