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Mexico, North America
Create legal, technical, and cooperative mechanisms that protect farmers' ability to save, exchange, and improve seeds while maintaining quality and disease safety.
health-biology
north-america
mexico
securing
seed
sovereignty
communities
facing
corporate
consolidation
create
legal
technical
economics-resources
society-governance
global-unspecified
systems
community
Develop scalable methods to harvest, process, and use invasive water plants without spreading them further or introducing toxins into feed, compost, or consumer goods.
economics-resources
africa
uganda
invasive
turning
aquatic
weeds
safe
local
products
develop
scalable
methods
species
global-unspecified
public
philosophy-ethics
determine
Map and govern seasonal livestock routes so roads, farms, conservation zones, and private enclosures do not trigger conflict or livestock losses.
economics-resources
asia
mongolia
protecting
pastoralist
mobility
corridors
land
fragmentation
livestock
map
govern
seasonal
wildlife
protected
global-unspecified
reserves
reducing
Develop surveillance and quarantine systems that work across informal nurseries, border markets, and online plant commerce where official controls are weak.
economics-resources
informal
plant
preventing
invasive
pest
spread
trade
develop
surveillance
quarantine
settlements
systems
society-governance
technology-computing
without
public
health-biology
Create cheap, reliable detection and mitigation systems for aflatoxin contamination in maize, groundnuts, and other staples before they enter diets and markets.
economics-resources
africa
tanzania
aflatoxin
detection
affordable
household-level
grain
storage
create
cheap
reliable
mitigation
global-unspecified
whether
systems
philosophy-ethics
early
Identify and preserve the habitats, flowering cycles, and landscape corridors needed to sustain native pollinators amid expanding roads, housing, and monoculture farming.
social-civic-problems
asia
turkey
protecting
pollinator
diversity
rapidly
urbanizing
agricultural
belts
identify
preserve
habitats
global-unspecified
don
have
way
prevent
Develop low-cost ways to map and manage rising soil salinity before farms become economically unviable due to over-irrigation, seawater intrusion, or poor drainage.
economics-resources
asia
pakistan
soil
early
detection
salinization
irrigated
farming
regions
develop
low-cost
ways
climate-environment
health-biology
global-unspecified
haven
health
Create transparent insurance systems that use credible local weather and yield data without excluding farmers whose losses do not match coarse satellite-based triggers.
climate-environment
asia
india
insurance
making
smallholder
crop
responsive
localized
climate
shocks
create
transparent
systems
society-governance
technology-computing
farmers
global-unspecified
Develop accurate sensors and interventions for biomass smoke, kerosene, mold, and particulate exposure in low-income homes without assuming reliable internet or grid power.
climate-environment
asia
nepal
air-pollution
homes
low-cost
monitoring
dangerous
indoor
air
pollution
develop
accurate
sensors
global-unspecified
low
health-biology
cost
open
Canada, North America
Establish evidence-based tools and public-health interventions for repeated smoke exposure, especially among children, older adults, and outdoor workers.
health-biology
north-america
canada
smoke
exposure
managing
long-term
health
effects
wildfire
establish
evidence-based
tools
global-unspecified
data
workers
public
mental
Create clinically sound pathways, tools, and training that reduce years-long delays in diagnosis and treatment for endometriosis where specialist care is scarce.
health-biology
delays
endometriosis
reducing
diagnostic
low-resource
health
systems
create
clinically
sound
global-unspecified
low
whether
society-governance
african
access
open
Bolivia, South America
Develop accessible monitoring for silica dust exposure and early lung damage among artisanal miners and construction workers who lack occupational health coverage.
health-biology
south-america
bolivia
early
detection
silicosis
informal
mining
communities
develop
accessible
monitoring
silica
global-unspecified
health
whether
philosophy-ethics
environmental
open
South Africa, Africa
Design care models that maintain treatment continuity for migrants, truck drivers, seasonal workers, and displaced people who routinely cross administrative boundaries.
health-biology
africa
south-africa
tuberculosis
treatment
workers
improving
adherence
among
mobile
design
care
models
global-unspecified
economics-resources
philosophy-ethics
whether
haven
Create portable screening methods and referral systems that detect hearing loss early in communities without audiologists or specialized diagnostic equipment.
health-biology
africa
kenya
hearing
screening
affordable
newborns
schoolchildren
create
portable
methods
referral
systems
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
early
way
Develop scalable rehabilitation systems that combine community workers, telemedicine, low-cost devices, and culturally appropriate exercises for stroke survivors far from specialists.
health-biology
asia
india
rehabilitation
stroke
restoring
essential
access
rural
regions
develop
scalable
systems
global-unspecified
economics-resources
remains
african
whether
open
El Salvador, North America
Determine how heat, dehydration, pesticide exposure, and labor conditions interact to cause chronic kidney disease, then build practical prevention systems for agricultural and construction workers.
health-biology
north-america
el-salvador
kidney
disease
workers
preventing
heat-related
among
outdoor
determine
heat
dehydration
global-unspecified
haven
economics-resources
systems
philosophy-ethics
open
Brazil, South America
Develop point-of-care diagnostics for invasive and drug-resistant fungal infections, especially among immunocompromised patients in regions lacking advanced laboratories.
health-biology
south-america
brazil
diagnostics
fungal
infections
low-cost
resistant
standard
treatment
develop
point-of-care
invasive
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
haven
mathematics-logic
Create accurate, validated screening tools that detect dangerous neonatal bilirubin levels in homes and rural clinics without requiring expensive laboratory equipment.
health-biology
asia
pakistan
neonatal
affordable
jaundice
detection
outside
hospitals
create
accurate
validated
screening
global-unspecified
whether
philosophy-ethics
haven
detect
Design clinically reliable decision-support tools using basic vitals, history, and low-cost tests to identify high-risk pregnancies before preventable postpartum hemorrhage occurs.
health-biology
asia
bangladesh
hemorrhage
predicting
maternal
risk
under-equipped
clinics
design
clinically
reliable
decision-support
postpartum
reducing
global-unspecified
philosophy-ethics
whether
Create field-deployable chemical verification methods that pharmacies, regulators, and patients can use to distinguish authentic cancer drugs from counterfeit or degraded products.
health-biology
africa
nigeria
supply-chain
verification
counterfeit
rapid
oncology
medicines
informal
supply
chains
create
field-deployable
global-unspecified
economics-resources
whether
philosophy-ethics
