Plantain is one of the major crops of smallholder farmers in Nigeria. It is produced both for food consumption in the households and for cash through its transformation into various products that are marketed. Using Humidtropics' integrated systems approach, a team of researchers from FARA and IITA is working with key actors in the Nigeria Action Site to improve the plantain value chain (i.e. to effectively deliver valuable plantain products to the market, and to customers). Using the Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (RAAIS) diagnostic tool, the four Innovation Platforms … [Read more...]
Humidtropics to Enhance Food Security in Ivory Coast
Humidtropics launched its Ivory Coast Action Site last September at Pullman Hotel in Abidjan. The workshop gathered representatives from universities, national and international research centers, farmer organisations, private sector and civil society. The ceremony was opened by the representative of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The workshop provided the opportunity to inform participants about Humidtropics and its integrated research for development approach, which entails the establishment and operations of Research for Development (R4D) Platforms at Action Site … [Read more...]
Preparing to Impact the Livelihoods of Farmers in Cote d’Ivoire
This year, Humidtropics has planned various activities for the implementation of the Program in the selected Action Sites of West Africa. Cote d’Ivoire, being one of the Action Sites, received the visit of the Humidtropics West Africa Flagship team in June 2014 to assess the opportunity and possibilities of launching the Cote d’Ivoire Action Site. Especially, we sought to meet potential Humidtropics partners and visited sites where the Program could start its activities, building on activities already put in place by existing partners. The scoping visit was held in two stages, … [Read more...]