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Jim Woodhill

Jim Woodhill is now Honorary Research Associate at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) at the University of Oxford, Honorary Associate at the Institute of Development Studies and Independent Consultant at AgriFoodNexus. Jim Woodhill was director of the Capacity Development and Institutional Change Programme at Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands. Jim has 20 years’ experience in sustainable development across the fields of agriculture, food systems, natural resources and economic development. He specializes in applying systems thinking and participatory learning approaches to complex development issues. He has extensive experience as a process facilitator and in programme evaluation and holds a PhD in Political Economics from the Australian National University.

Convergence of Humanity! - Interview with Prof Chris Gordon

Convergence of Humanity! - Interview with Prof Chris Gordon

Opportunities for Innovation

Yesterday we had a very interesting set of presentations from the Regional Research Associates. These are staff from regional universities who will be working on the research programme and who will support the COS-SIS programme’s PhD students.

Changing the System?

The situation in Africa is often compared with the green revolution in Asia and the dramatic drop in poverty that has occurred there. Why can’t or doesn’t this happen in Africa? What is needed for an agricultural revolution in Africa?

Who knows best?

There is so much to say, yet so much has already been said. For more than 20 years the debates have raged about how to overcome rural poverty. Is it essentially about getting the right technology into use? Or is it more complicated?

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