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The following statistics are from the last 5 full calendar years: 2019-2023
Publications
102
Publications co-authored with institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO)
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Projects
Engagement
208
Number of times participants from Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO) joined IIASA events
29
Number of times visitors from Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO) came to IIASA
107
IIASA staff visits to Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO)
People
1
- Women
- Men
Postdoctoral researchers from Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO)
10
- Women
- Men
YSSPers from Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO)
101
- Women
- Men
- Unknown
Total number of alumni from Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO)
News
02 September 2024
IIASA-led research lauded with Outstanding Article Award
An IIASA-led paper published with collaborators and stakeholders from the Ghana Statistical Service, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), SDSN TReNDS, and other partners has received the Outstanding Article Award in the journal Sustainability Science’s Best Paper Awards for 2023.
15 April 2024
Collaborating to devise a strategy for organic waste management in Uganda
IIASA researchers are participating in a new project kicking off in Uganda this week, in which IIASA and a number of international partners will work with Ugandan stakeholders to co-develop a national strategy for organic waste management in the country.
12 December 2023
Giacomo Falchetta receives the IAMC Best Online Poster Award
IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment researcher, Giacomo Falchetta, received the Best Online Poster Award at the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC)’s recent Sixteenth Annual Meeting in Venice, Italy, for his project focusing on integrated modeling of renewable energy-centered sustainable development futures in rural Africa.
Events
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
RE4AFAGRI, IIASA and World Resources Institute (WRI) joint Workshops
Focus
29 August 2024
Experiencing the science that we write about
IIASA researcher, Linda See, shares her experiences at the coalface of where plastic pollution is collected by volunteers during a beach cleanup event.
08 July 2024
Future food demand in The Gambia: can increased crop productivity and climate adaptation close the supply–demand gap?
The Gambia faces significant food availability issues due to low agricultural productivity. IIASA researchers and colleagues used the FABLE Calculator to explore actions to reduce the food supply-demand gap by 2050. The results, published in Food Security, reveal that current cropland will not meet food demand by 2050.
Publications
Wamalwa, F., Maqelepo, L., Williams, N., & Falchetta, G. (2024). Solar irrigation potential in Sub-Saharan Africa: a crop-specific techno-economic analysis. Environmental Research: Food Systems 1 (2) e025001. 10.1088/2976-601X/ad5e82. Avidar, O. (2024). A holistic framework for evaluating and planning sustainable rural drinking water projects in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Rural Studies 107 e103243. 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103243. Falchetta, G. , Vinca, A. , Trost, A., Tuninetti, M., Ireland, G., Byers, E. , Hafner, M., & Zulu, A. (2024). Achieving renewable energy-centered sustainable development futures for rural Africa. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15943. In: EGU General Assembly 2024, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna. Jurasz, J., Guezgouz, M., Campana, P.E., Kaźmierczak, B., Kuriqi, A., Bloomfield, H., Hingray, B., Canales, F.A., Hunt, J. , Sterl, S., & Elkadeem, M.R. (2024). Complementarity of wind and solar power in North Africa: Potential for alleviating energy droughts and impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 191 e114181. Leip, D., Rovenskaya, E., & Wildemeersch, M. (2024). Risk-adjusted decision making can help protect food supply and farmer livelihoods in West Africa. Communications Earth & Environment 5 (1) e101. 10.1038/s43247-024-01242-9.