The research and the stories behind the research in the words of RECIRCULATE’s researchers and those who work with us and use our research

Welcome to the “The FLOW” section of the RECIRCULATE website. We are developing it as a collection of short, non-technical articles written by those closest to the work of the project and to the challenges and solutions associated with the “circular water economy”. We refer to The FLOW as “RECIRCULATE stories”, and that’s just what it is. These are not research articles, although some of them describe the progress in our research. These are the stories “behind the research”. The authors of the blogs are not just our researchers but also those from the network of those who have contributed to the project in many different ways. We think that this is the best way of explaining what the project is all about: what we are doing and why. We hope that you will enjoy reading these blogs. We are keen that they reach as many people as possible. That means that you are welcome to republish them so long as you follow our guidelines.We have also created a set of guidelines for all RECIRCULATE researchers and research-users providing tips for writing blog articles. For access to these pages please contact recirculate@lancaster.ac.uk.

  • My RECIRCULATE story: Putting the theory in to practice in Zambia – Part Two
    My RECIRCULATE story: Putting the theory in to practice in Zambia – Part Two

    WINA ladies luncheon – LU Ghana visit (please note that this photo was taken before the COVID-19 pandemic) In her two-part blog, RECIRCULATE resident [...]

    Published On: November 10, 2020Categories: KE, The Flow, WP1
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  • My RECIRCULATE story: Putting the theory in to practice in Zambia – Part One
    My RECIRCULATE story: Putting the theory in to practice in Zambia – Part One

    SME Workshop – with WINA ladies (please note that this photo was taken before the COVID-19 pandemic) In her two-part blog, RECIRCULATE resident Glenda [...]

    Published On: November 10, 2020Categories: KE, The Flow, WP1
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  • Cool³
    Cool³

    RECIRCULATE research explores ways of improving African rice production and protecting the climate. Although RECIRCULATE is focussed on the circular water economy, much of [...]

    Published On: November 6, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Water-saving irrigation: not too wet, not too dry but just right!
    Water-saving irrigation: not too wet, not too dry but just right!

    RECIRCULATE research is revealing new approaches to water-efficient food production in Ghana and beyond. The title of Sustainable Development Goal 6 “Clean water and [...]

    Published On: November 6, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Bringing a little corner of Africa to Lancaster
    Bringing a little corner of Africa to Lancaster

    RECIRCULATE post-doc Ryan Edge shares the joys and challenges of growing rice at 55°N Have you been enjoying the blogs in The FLOW?  I [...]

    Published On: October 28, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Crossing Continents, Learning Together
    Crossing Continents, Learning Together

    Powering Up Knowledge Exchange To Support The Global Goals The Growing Research Capability call of the UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) “…. was [...]

    Published On: October 21, 2020Categories: KE, The Flow
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  • Pesticides and food production in Africa- What do you think?
    Pesticides and food production in Africa- What do you think?

    Building international networks to help improve pesticide use across Africa Given RECIRCULATE’s focus on the circular water economy, you may be asking how a [...]

    Published On: October 13, 2020Categories: KE, The Flow
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  • Communicating Research – Part Two: It’s good to listen
    Communicating Research – Part Two: It’s good to listen

    Working with local communities for wider adoption of agricultural technologies in rural Africa In the first part of this blog I described the challenge [...]

    Published On: October 8, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Communicating Research – Part One: It’s good to talk
    Communicating Research – Part One: It’s good to talk

    Working with local communities for wider adoption of agricultural technologies in rural Africa There is no doubt that having access to sufficient nutritious food [...]

    Published On: October 8, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • RECIRCULATE Encourages Stakeholders to have their say on Water-Efficient Irrigation in Ghana
    RECIRCULATE Encourages Stakeholders to have their say on Water-Efficient Irrigation in Ghana

    Researchers and growers working together to co-design research for improved irrigation systems for sustainable food production For the GCRF-funded RECIRCULATE project, working with stakeholders [...]

    Published On: September 23, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP3
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  • Encouraging Researchers to Think Outside the Box
    Encouraging Researchers to Think Outside the Box

    Can you ‘Plug & Play’ entrepreneurial thinking into any situation? I have been asking myself this question recently because I keep being presented with [...]

    Published On: September 16, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP1
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  • What’s Gender got to do with Innovation?
    What’s Gender got to do with Innovation?

    Working together to understand why and how women are overlooked as innovators in Africa The United Nations define the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as [...]

    Published On: September 10, 2020Categories: The Flow, WP1
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