About "Charting Change"
A monthly blog about innovative projects in the developing world presented by Canadian Geographic and Canada’s International Development Research Centre
A farmer in India sprays hexanal on mango trees. Hexanal is a naturally-occurring compound that’s being used to prevent fruit crops in India from spoiling. (Photo: Vijay Kutty/IDRC)
Researchers with the Akiba Mashinani Trust examine a map of Nairobi's Mukuru slum. In August 2017, activists succeeded in having the settlement designated as a special planning area, the first step in a process that could help transform the slum and the lives of its 300,000 residents. (Photo: Akiba Mashinani Trust)
Jemimah Njuki, a food-security expert with IDRC, believes that greater involvement for African women in food-security and agriculture research can benefit the whole continent.
Women study at L’École Supérieure d’Infotronique d’Haiti. The school is one of the partners of the AYITIC program, which is helping train Haitian women to take part in the digital economy. (Photo: Jairo Abud)
Sefiya Heliso harvests chickpeas in southern Ethiopia. Heliso is participating in a project that is encouraging people to grow and eat pulses such as chickpeas to help improve food security in the country. (Photo: IDRC/Petterik Wiggers)
A woman weaves Jamdani fabric in Bangladesh. The fabric, which UNESCO has recognized as an item that represents the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, is one of many handicrafts on the Artisan Hub website. (Photo: Shutterstock)
A computer displays a picture of the brain of someone undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging scan at the neuroimaging unit of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Researchers at the center are collaborating with colleagues in Canada and India on brain research. (Photo: Bruno Charbit)
Madelaine Artavia Sotela at a construction site in Costa Rica. Artavia Sotela started her own construction company in 2002 and has since watched it grow, thanks in part to the WEConnect International program. (Photo: Madelaine Artavia Sotela)
Members of Adalto Bianchini’s research team pick through samples pulled from the Atlantic Ocean to determine the environmental damage wrought by the 2015 Samarco mine disaster. Bianchini’s research is helping Brazil rewrite its rules on water quality. (Photo: Fernando Moraes/Rede Abrolhos)
Nepalese women use a handheld sheller to remove kernels from corn cobs. The shellers are just one of the simple, low-cost tools included in Sustainable Agriculture Kits (SAKs), which are helping improve the lives of Nepal's terrace farmers. (Photo: Dr. Tejendra Chapagain, University of Guelph)
