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FAO is strengthening capacities for policy engagement in agricultural innovation systems in the Asia-Pacific region
08 November 2023
08 November 2023
FAO’s Office of Innovation, in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) and the Asia-Pacific Islands Rural Advisory Services Network (APIRAS), recently organized a regional training (18–20 September) on multistakeholder policy engagement in agrifood systems. This virtual...
Global Call for Agrifood system Innovations and Stories of capacity development for innovation: Deadline November 15th!
21 October 2023
21 October 2023
The world is facing complex and unprecedented challenges in the agrifood systems, from feeding a growing population to addressing the impacts of climate change that call for innovative solutions using less resources and improve people’s livelihoods while “leaving no one...
Boosting innovation in smallholder pig and poultry systems: four new publications by the TAP-AIS Rwanda project
06 October 2023
06 October 2023
Small livestock, pigs and poultry in particular, are important to smallholder farmers in Rwanda. Pigs and poultry can generate jobs and income and bring protein-rich food to rural and urban families, and small livestock suits small-size farms that dominate Rwanda’s...
The EU-funded TAP-AIS project works to strengthen capacities in agricultural innovation systems (AIS) to contribute to the climate-relevant, productive and sustainable transformation of agrifood systems. TAP-AIS works in nine countries, including Cambodia, and focuses on strengthening the functional capacities (or...
Assessing a country’s agricultural innovation system (AIS) can advise decision makers to take actions to accelerate innovation and stimulate agricultural transformation. Led by FAO, a capacity need assessment workshop of agricultural innovation in Pakistan was recently conducted, identifying key root...