Humidtropics, a CGIAR Research Program led by IITA

Defining Ongoing R4D Priorities in Nicaragua

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Humidtropics has been working closely with national partners from the Research for Development (R4D) Platform of the Program's Nicanorte Action Site in Central America and the Caribbean. As the Territorial Learning Alliances continue strengthening their collective learning and innovation spaces while expanding the reach of R4D projects in the region, local partners met with the Humidtropics team to discuss completed and ongoing research activities, as well as further defining the national R4D Platform's role in the territories to achieve Humidtropics' R4D goals in Nicaragua. Taking … [Read more...]

Humidtropics R4D Platform WeRATE Wins Two Awards in Kenya

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The Agriculture Society of Kenya (ASK) Kakamega Show, running from June 17 to 20, 2015, provided an excellent platform to inform farmers about the latest agricultural technologies developed and tested by the Western Region Agriculture Technology Evaluation (WeRATE) R4D Platform in the Humidtropics West Kenya Action Site, shared with the N2Africa and IFAD Cassava Projects. Working closely with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), WeRATE organized a very successful exhibit during the show, advancing its theme Enhancing Technology in Agriculture and Industry for Food … [Read more...]