The Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP)

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A training on the farmer information needs assessment (FINA) approach and tools took place at the Lao-Korea Agriculture Training and Development Centre at the Department of Agricultural Extension and Cooperatives (DAEC) in Vientiane Capital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) on...
From 23 to 25 March 2022, the Research and Extension Unit of FAO, together with AFAAS, ASARECA, CCARDESA, CORAF and FARA (so-called CAADP XP4 Organizations) have conducted a Training of Trainers (ToT) on Integrating TAP common framework into African research and extension...
During the months of February and March 2022, TAP-AIS Colombia organized two workshops to validate the results of a study initiated in 2021 which analyzed the Agricultural Innovation System in Colombia, focusing on the case of the honey value chain...
In Rwanda, the TAP-AIS project is implemented by FAO Rwanda in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), with the objective to strengthen capacity to innovate in the national AIS.  The inception phase, completed in 2020, identified the...
Since 2017, FAO engaged in the development of a participatory framework for assessment of agricultural innovation systems (AIS), including a customizable toolbox for countries with a totally new capacity development perspective. The assessment framework is meant for actors of the national...