FAO has just released a policy brief about the methodology for assessing agricultural innovation systems (AIS) developed and pilot tested by FAO in the context of the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) and the TAP-AIS project. Using participatory, multi-stakeholder methods and...

New three partners have just joined TAP in support of agricultural innovation systems: the Commission for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (CoSAI), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and SmartFood.   CoSAI, supported by the CGIAR, has been established to influence global...

A new video about the Tropical Agriculture Platform, illustrating its goals and work, is available on the TAP YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA98fTN39yA The video was realized by the TAP Secretariat, with financial support of the European Union.  

9 April 2021 - The TAP-AIS project, funded by the European Union, which develops capacities in agricultural innovation systems (AIS) in eight countries across the globe, was officially launched in Senegal at a virtual inception workshop on the 25 February...

In many countries, policymakers need relevant information on agricultural innovation systems (AIS) to guide the formulation of strategies and policy instruments to support innovation. The diagnostic, implemented in early 2021, collects data that will be analyzed through a set of...