Month: March 2021
Open letter from LIDC Students and Alumni on the proposed cuts to international development research funding
"Research is not a disposable item, yet it is being treated like one. Being a key global player is central to the UK’s post-Brexit policy agenda. Britain is currently ...
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How smallholder farmers are helping to make fruit & vegetables more accessible to consumers in neglected markets
2021 is the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s ‘International Year of Fruit and Vegetables’ so we were delighted to have this chance to discuss interventions and technologies that can both ...
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Myanmar’s military coup risks plunging millions into poverty
Millions of Myanmar’s residents have taken to the streets demanding the military stand down after the coup on 1 February. Anti-coup protests have been remarkably diverse. Protesters have ...
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Statement on the £120m UKRI funding cut
Evidence-based intervention is key to reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The drastic UKRI budget cuts – announced on 11 March – are jeopardising our chances to obtain these ...
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LIDC’S Lockdown Literature: seven books to get through the third lockdown
Discovering informative, fascinating and provocative reads has become a treasured pastime of mine during lockdown 3.0. We are living through a period of heightened anxiety, but also prevailing boredom and ...
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