SDG 12 responsible consumption and production – Page 2

Building capacity and capability in Lake Victoria fisheries research

Integrating moored acoustic instruments into vessel-based fish stock assessments GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorRoland Proud SchoolsBiology ODA countriesKenya, Uganda, Tanzania Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 12, Goal 14 The Lake Victoria fishery supports more than 35 million people in the East African Community (EAC – including Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania). EAC fisheries research institutes collect lake-wide acoustic … Read more

Valuing Intact Tropical Peatlands

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorKaty Roucoux SchoolsGeography & Sustainable Development ODA countriesPeru Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 12, Goal 13 This work is studying the social, economic and cultural values of peatlands in the Peruvian Amazon to complement existing scientific research on the carbon content, ecology and formation of tropical peatlands in the Pastaza-Marañón Foreland Basin. It … Read more

Accelerated mapping and marker development for the Zhonghua source of resistance to root-knot nematodes in rice

GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorJohn Jones SchoolsBiology ODA countriesVietnam Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 2, Goal 12 Asia is the main rice-growing region of the world and is responsible for about 90% of global rice production. Rice is the staple food for more than 50% of the population in Asia, a figure that can reach up to … Read more