For agroforesters, there is nothing more refreshing than seeing a hill covered with trees interplanted with crops. For agroforesters concerned with livelihoods, health and nutrition, there is nothing sweeter than seeing a hill covered with fruit trees and nutritious vegetables. Both these cases applied to me when I recently visited Humidtropics' sites in Son La Province of Northwest Vietnam. The primary purpose of my visit on June 15–17, 2015, was to represent the East and Central Asia Region, and the Thailand and Vietnam country programs of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) at … [Read more...]
Defining Ongoing R4D Priorities in Nicaragua
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...]
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...]
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