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Spring Service-Learning Opportunity In Tanzania
Nathaniel Kramer The Sustainable and Resilient Tanzanian Community program has announced a series of informational sessions for their upcoming service-learning trip in May of 2018. Students will…
Measuring the Substantive Representation of Zimbabwean Women’s Issues in the National Legislature
JAGUDELO Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series The presence of women in African politics has been hailed by observers both inside and outside the region as a step in the right direction…
Brown Bag: Stuck Between Two Extremes: Trying to Find Solutions That Work in the Field and in the Lab
JAGUDELO Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series Finding compatible research cultures in the field may be just as difficult–but is certainly just as important–as bridging different human…
Brown Bag: From Focus Groups to Field Experiments: A Decade of Data Collection in Malawi
JAGUDELO Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series Studying the relationship between identity and politics in Malawi forces researchers to rely on a plethora of data collection methodologies,…
Brown Bag: Veterinary Data Collection in Ethiopia- Maria Belu
JAGUDELO Kickoff speaker Maria Belu, DVM As part of the CDC Global Health Security Agenda, Ohio State led a mass rabies vaccination pilot this year in Ethiopia. It was a six-week campaign that…
Guest Post: Farmer’s Day Exhibitions Invite Innovation For Food Production In Tanzania
Bahati Hakimu Happy Nane Nane Day In Tanzania, Nane Nane Day is celebrated on August 8 with a week-long fair to recognize the important contribution of farmers to the national Tanzanian economy. Nane…
Ohio State Student Farm Test Drives Irrigation Scheme For African Smallholder Farmers
Chaitanya Balasubramanyam When Peter Ngimbwa, a Tanzanian student in The Ohio State University Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, defended his Master’s thesis and returned…
Tackling Infectious Disease With A Systems Approach: Two Stories From East Africa
Maureen Langlois A lunch forum featuring three international visitors working with Ohio State in East Africa. Date: Wednesday, June 14, 12-2 Location: Enarson Classroom Building Room 160 on the Ohio…
Brown Bag: Promoting Technical Transformation And Financial Inclusion Among Smallholder Farmers In Africa
Maureen Langlois Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series Mario Miranda will discuss two interrelated factors that have been identified by development economists as critical impediments to…