With the objective of gaining a deeper understanding of the current activities and future directions of organizations working in the Nicanorte Action Site within the Central America and the Caribbean Flagship Project, Humidtropics has finalized its Nicanorte Organizational Analysis. The analysis was conducted with 20 organizations including national civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmer organizations, universities and university research institutes, and the public and private sectors. Aside from assisting in the Program's regional strategic and … [Read more...]
Participatory Diagnostic Tool for Complex Agricultural Problems
Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (RAAIS) is a participatory, diagnostic tool for integrated analysis of complex agricultural problems and capacity to innovate. RAAIS facilitates the analysis of interactions between: (1) different dimensions, levels and stakeholder dynamics of complex agricultural problems, (2) innovation capacity in the agricultural system, and (3) the existence and performance of the agricultural innovation support system. RAAIS has been developed and tested to identify and analyze opportunities for dealing with parasitic weeds in rainfed rice production in … [Read more...]
Rooting Learning Journeys in the Territories of Central America
In 2013, Humidtropics initiated the situation analysis of the Nicanorte Action Site (in Spanish). CIAT and Bioversity International, with the help of local consultants, processed available data regarding human development, natural resource management, production systems, and markets to generate outputs about the current state of affairs in the form of maps. At the same time, short interviews with key organizations generated an assessment of the dynamics of the local innovation process. A collective analysis of the processed information resulted in the convergence of stakeholder interests with … [Read more...]
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