For Humidtropics, scientists of the Plant Sciences Department of Wageningen University, The Netherlands, have been working on a guideline for constructing typologies for farming systems. The guideline aims to support researchers that need to capture the rich diversity of farming systems. Background Farming systems in the humid tropics exist across a wide variety of cultures and landscapes. The biophysical, institutional, social and economic drivers differ between contexts, resulting in different responses of farmers and communities between and within areas. In addition, farms are in … [Read more...]
Assessing Value Chains to Improve Incomes and Food Security
Humidtropics researchers Aziz A. Karimov and Thinh Nguyen from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), in collaboration with partners from Tay Nguyen University (TNU) and Western Highlands Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute (WASI) organized a Value Chain Stakeholders workshop in the the Central Highlands of Vietnam in November 2014, at Dacruco Hotel, Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak Province. Around 45 participants attended the workshop which included researchers from TNU and WASI, representatives from Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dak Lak, Dak Nong and Kon … [Read more...]
New Approach to Tackle Complexities of Agricultural Systems
One of the challenges to understanding the dynamics of agricultural systems has long been the fact that while many decisions are made at the individual farm household level, the landscape and market level consequences are more complex than a simple aggregation of those choices. My new paper in Food Policy journal, supported by Humidtropics, lays out an innovative modeling approach to better link local, landscape and market level processes. This is an example of the types of new approaches that Humidtropics is developing to better tackle the complexities of agricultural systems. ‘From … [Read more...]
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