Mirindi Dusenge, Western University

Research

climate change adaptation agroecology gender-transformative smallholder farmers developing country food security nutrition participatory

Latest funding

Agroecological and gender-transformative approaches to climate change adaptation in smallholder farmers in Rwanda, Africa
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$73,580

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Agroecological and gender-transformative approaches to climate change adaptation in smallholder farmers in Rwanda, Africa

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dusenge, Mirindi Eric

Keywords: climate change adaptation; agroecology; gender-transformative; smallholder farmers; developing country; food security; nutrition; participatory

$73,580

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: climate change adaptation Dear Professor Dusenge, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on climate change adaptation connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Agroecological and gender-transformative approaches to climate change adaptation in smallholder farmers in Rwanda, Africa" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]