Parallel Session on "Sustainable Productivity Growth" As part of the 7th FARA Africa Agriculture Science Week, IITA is facilitating the Thematic Session on “Sustainable Productivity Growthâ€, which is scheduled on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. The following Concept Note introduces the session, and also invites papers for oral presentation. Rationale Growths in human population and food consumption are expected to increase global food demand of between 70% and 100% by 2050. Sustainable productivity growth or sustainable intensification of agricultural systems in developing countries is … [Read more...]
An Environmentally-Friendly Innovation Turns Maize Residue into Fertilizer in Thailand
Humidtropics researchers and partners from Chiang Mai University (CMU) and Chulalongkorn University (CU) in Northern Thailand are testing a more environmentally-friendly method to process maize residue. Driven by the Humidtropics Research for Development (R4D) Platform in Nan, Thailand, this initiative is part of a project aiming to improve natural resource management. Towards the end of the dry season, Northern Thailand was covered with thick smoke originating from fires all over the area and the neighbouring countries. The smoke is partially from forest fires, but also originates from … [Read more...]
Nicanorte Learning Alliance: “I also have a right to decide”
In the Nicanorte Action Site, which is part of the Central America and Caribbean Flagship Project, Humidtropics is working alongside territorial alliances to generate knowledge and initiatives to improve resource management through research. This initiative, called the Learning Alliance, brings together local actors who are active in the region to support integrated research for development work that empowers farm families working with coffee, cocoa, and staple crops to increase systems productivity and improve natural resource management as a means to advance human development and increase … [Read more...]