In the western part of Ethiopia, implementation of Humidtropics' research agenda is well underway in the midland and highland areas of Jeldu District. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), in partnership with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Potato Center (CIP), has been working to help farmers improve agricultural productivity, natural resource management and tackle challenges such as high level of degradation, serious erosion and loss of soil fertility, as well as unstable land use and market failure. Since early 2014, IWMI has … [Read more...]
Digital Libraries for Better Access to Information in Remote Territories
Although we are in the information age, information is not always available where and when we need it. This is especially true in remote territories of developing countries, where it remains a challenge to generate simple delivery mechanisms to provide local organizations and farm households with easy access to multiple sources of information on critical themes that concern them. To meet this challenge, Humidtropics embarked on the journey of building and distributing digital libraries on critical themes identified by the partner organizations in the Nicanorte Action Site. These digital … [Read more...]
Constructing Typologies to Capture Farming Systems Diversity
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...]
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