In the beginning of June, we - Wageningen University (WUR) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) - tested ‘Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping’ (FCM) in two Humidtropics Innovation Platforms in Uganda. FCM is a semi-quantitative model approach, which allows stakeholders to visualise the strength of interactions between components of a system. In a next step, the FCM-software FuzzyDANCES calculates the impact of changes on the system. A nice aspect of FCM is that it can include both problems and opportunities, while taking into account feedback mechanisms. In general, … [Read more...]