Circularity and recycling are gaining increased attention, yet the amount of recycled plastic applied in new products remains low. To accelerate uptake by businesses, it will be useful to empirically investigate the main barriers and enablers that organisations experience when using recycled plastic …

In the BBI-JU project LIBBIO, institutions across Europe researched the development of the ideal Andean Lupin variant. Successful breeding programmes resulted in the variant COTOPAXI, which received European Breeder’s Rights within five years. Learn more about how this was achieved in this video.

The study was conducted in commission of New Industrial Order (N.I.O), a laboratory for Fashion-On-Demand based in Amsterdam. A knowledge gap in literature was identified concerning the environmental performance of On-Demand manufacturing. To fill the gap, a preliminary Life Cycle Assessment was initiated, …

Lake Kivu is experiencing unprecedented decline in production of Tanganyika Sardine (Limnothrissa miodon). This study sought to characterise the value chain of this fish species so as to chart its sustainable utilisation. The study performed in 2015 found two chains; an informal chain that takes 30% …

Catfish is a high source of protein and is commonly cultured due to its tolerance for harsh temperatures. This study looks into analysing the current catfish value chain and assessing the performance of producer organization for more efficient marketing of catfish for small scale catfish farmers in the …

Agriculture is the largest employer of labour force in Nigeria employing about 70 percent of the country’s workforce and contributed 21.42% to the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018. Poultry is one important component of livestock serving as a source of dietary protein. In addition, the poultry industry …

Rwandan passion fruit has become one of the sources of income for producers and the country at large. However, the passion fruit sub-sector development is hindered by insufficient quantity for export due to thepoor quality of produced passion fruits. The study aims to identify causes that affect the …

Common bean is a vital legume essential crop in Uganda. Common bean seed marketing and accessibility is the major concern in south western agro-ecological zone for both small-scale farmers and seed producers. An acute element in attaining higher crop yield is better access to key farming inputs by farmers …

The carbon footprint for the downstream dairy value chain, milk collection and dairy processing plants was estimated through the contribution of emissions per unit of collected and processed milk, whereas that for the upstream dairy value chain, input supply and production was not considered. A survey …

The horticultural farming development cannot be achieved without the involvement of various shareholders including the training and research institutions. The absence of collaboration between tomato farmers and TVET higher learning institution weakens farmer’s development and does not disclose the capabilities …