Why multi-stakeholder platforms? Within Humidtropics, multi-stakeholder approaches play an important role towards achieving research for development outcomes. Multi-stakeholder platforms aim to foster technological and institutional innovation by facilitating continuous interaction and collaboration in networks of farmers, extension officers, policymakers, researchers and other relevant stakeholders in the agricultural system. In doing so, they are seen as a promising vehicle to stimulate collective action to address soil fertility, climate change, nutrition and other agricultural … [Read more...]
Finding Common Development Goals in Nicaragua
With the objective of gaining a deeper understanding of the current activities and future directions of organizations working in the Nicanorte Action Site within the Central America and the Caribbean Flagship Project, Humidtropics has finalized its Nicanorte Organizational Analysis. The analysis was conducted with 20 organizations including national civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmer organizations, universities and university research institutes, and the public and private sectors. Aside from assisting in the Program's regional strategic and … [Read more...]
Participatory Diagnostic Tool for Complex Agricultural Problems
Rapid Appraisal of Agricultural Innovation Systems (RAAIS) is a participatory, diagnostic tool for integrated analysis of complex agricultural problems and capacity to innovate. RAAIS facilitates the analysis of interactions between: (1) different dimensions, levels and stakeholder dynamics of complex agricultural problems, (2) innovation capacity in the agricultural system, and (3) the existence and performance of the agricultural innovation support system. RAAIS has been developed and tested to identify and analyze opportunities for dealing with parasitic weeds in rainfed rice production in … [Read more...]