News - 2015
Professor Anthony Youdeowei, NRI's Visiting Professor of Capacity Strengthening in Agricultural Research for Development, has been awarded 2015's International Plant Protection Award of Distinction...
Professor George Rothschild, Emeritus Professor of International Agriculture at NRI, was recently named Development Agriculturist of the Year in the 2015 Honours of the Tropical Agriculture...
Findings from research recently conducted by NRI reveal the importance of supporting women's empowerment in dryland regions. Drylands are highly diverse, encompassing vast geographical areas. In...
NRI recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Nelson Mandela Africa Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) which is based in Arusha, Tanzania. The agreement is a reflection...
Research led by NRI scientists shows that extracts of plants with pesticidal properties effectively control insect pests while facilitating ecosystem services, plus they are less costly than...
World-leading research and development on cassava by the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich has been honoured with a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and...
Are you looking for a food-focused Master's degree with real 'gourmet' quality? Look no further than NRI's MSc in Food Safety and Quality Management which recently gained accreditation from the...
‘Midges to Mars Bars: safeguarding pollination on cocoa farms’ is the title of the lecture being given on Thursday 5th November, from 5–6pm in Lecture Theatre 106, Jellicoe Building, Medway Campus...
Are you interested in increasing food security, conserving the environment and improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Africa? Would you like to be involved in generating new evidence and...
Entitled ‘Sex, drugs and dinner: the hidden poisons in nectar and pollen’, this lecture deals with the ‘Elvis’ of the pollinating insect world. Indeed, the showy and colourful world of flowers and...
At a number of events earlier in the year, NRI and other colleagues from the Universities at Medway pulled together to fire up community interest in plant science, enthuse the public about food...
NRI and WYG International (WYGI), a global project management and technical consultancy, are currently embarking on a five-year programme dedicated to improving sustainable agricultural enterprise...