Seeking to strengthen collaboration with Nicaragua’s National Research for Development (R4D) Platform, Humidtropics conducted a National R4D Platform Meeting on March 4, 2016 in Managua, Nicaragua. Platform members who participated in the event were part of 37 organizations that represent the country’s coffee, cocoa, and mixed staple crop-livestock production sectors, academic and research institutions, public sector, civil society, and farmer associations. The session was an opportunity to learn and reflect about the achievements of the R4D projects implemented in the Nicanorte Action … [Read more...]
Scaling Development Results through Nicaragua’s Territorial Learning Alliances
Humidtropics held the Forum of the Three Territorial Learning Alliances on March 3, 2016 in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. The objectives of the event were to share the advancements of nine research for development projects led by various members of the Alliances through Humidtropics’ guidance in the Nicanorte Action Site, promote collective learning among organizations from different territories, and define next steps to ensure the continuity of these research processes beyond 2016. Strengthening Collaboration and Learning Spaces The Territorial Learning Alliances are comprised of 41 members … [Read more...]
New RAAIS Toolkit: an Easy Way to Make People Do a Difficult Job!
This was how a RAAIS (Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems) workshop participant in Nigeria described his experience. It reflects the objective that we had in mind when developing RAAIS. We wanted to develop a simple, participatory, diagnostic tool for integrated systems analysis of agricultural problems. RAAIS facilitates the analysis of: Interactions between different dimensions, levels and stakeholder dynamics of complex agricultural problems; Innovation capacity in agrifood systems; The existence and performance of the agricultural innovation system. RAAIS can … [Read more...]
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