Objective: ·

• To deploy existing UK research strengths and/or emerging capabilities in specific research area(s) relevant to agriculture and food challenges in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs); Note this means ANY country on the DAC list not just the lower-middle income tier i.e. upper-middle income countries ARE included.
  
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• To promote multi-disciplinary approaches in addressing the challenges;
  
• To encourage, where applicable, research partnerships between UK research teams and LMICs;
  
• To build on any existing UK/LMICs links;
  
• To develop new or enhanced research capacity for addressing the agriculture and food challenges of LMICs.
  

 Priority Areas: 

• Systems that deliver safe and nutritious food for all
  
• Resilience of the food system to climatic variability
  
• Reducing losses throughout the agri-food chain and reusing unavoidable food waste
  
• Agriculture within the context of the wider landscape
  
• Urban agriculture
  

Eligibility : IRRI can be subcontracted by an eligible institution

Duration : 24 months 

Deadline: 

• DRPC: June 6 
• BBSRC:  June 22 (4pm)

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