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Jul 18
2007
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Research into usePosted by Simon Batchelor in research, policy, natural resources, livelihoods, communication, agriculture |
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Met with Research into Use, who are conducting a multi million pound programme for DFID on Natural Resources and Livelihoods. The short version seems to be, DFID spent 200+ Million over the last 30 years on research in Natural Resources, this resulted in 2800 projects. 3 years ago they considered enough was enough and reassessed what they were doing. They noted that the important bit was to get the research used. So they have committed 35+ million to the next 3 (or 4?)