BURKINA FASO – New posters
The CDAIS team prepares to gather in Laos for its annual meeting. And several posters have been prepared to show recent activities and achievements in Burkina Faso. To download the documents,...
View ArticleA week of reflection on building new skills to enhance agricultural innovation
Participants from eight countries in Africa, Asia and Central America, along with many global partners, made their way home from Laos on 23 September after an intense week of sharing their experiences...
View ArticleNEW! A new series of posters just published
For its annual meeting in Laos, the CDAIS teams have prepared several posters to show recent activities and achievements in the eight pilot countries. Find each country posters at: Angola posters...
View ArticleETHIOPIA Story of change
“We can achieve change only by promoting innovative ways to learn, reflect, and work together” “I see mindset shifts being promoted by CDAIS says Gemechu Nemie, director of the Ethiopian Animal Feed...
View ArticleBURKINA FASO Story of change
“It was a marketplace of innovative ideas, with a cocktail of partners” The CDAIS ‘marketplace’ to promote agricultural innovations in Burkina Faso took place on July 6th 2017 in Ouagadougou. It was a...
View ArticleRWANDA Story of change
“CDAIS has helped me understand better the challenges in the milk value chain, from farmer to final consumer.” In November 2016, a CDAIS capacity needs assessment of a community milk processing centre...
View ArticleBANGLADESH Story of change
From green to silver: diversifying and intensifying production from rice to fish farming Today, entering Trishal, Mymensingh on the road from Dhaka, one sees rows of fish ponds. One after the other,...
View ArticlePutting concepts into practice: factsheets on stages and tools in support of...
The implementing partners of CDAIS developed a serie of factsheets outlining tools and approaches to promote capacity development projects for agricultural innovation systems (AIS) that has just been...
View ArticleOPEN – Call for consultancy
A Call for 2 positions for the CDAIS project is open! We are looking for 2 professionals to join the CDAIS project in 2018: 1 admin/finance assistant position (deadline: 27/11/2017) 1 legal assistant...
View ArticleETHIOPIA: Confirming the CDAIS ‘coaching plan’ in Ethiopia
On the 21st and 22nd of November 2017, participants from all of Ethiopia’s five innovation niche partnerships met to discuss and agree next steps for the CDAIS coaching plan and process. “All is now...
View ArticleANGOLA: October / November update
Work advances with a recent visit by the project manager and members of the team to the three niche partnerships. Further capacity building was arranged for November, and preparations are in full swing...
View ArticleLAO Story of change
Diversifying rice production with frogs, fish and more “I have seen my income grow since I started farming frogs and fish” says Bounlium Planethavong, “but other farmers need support to adopt the...
View ArticleBANGLADESH Story of change
“We must work together to increase mango production” “We realized that we need to work together, and are now seeing changes happen” said Omar Ali, President of the newly formed Shibganj Mango...
View ArticleANGOLA Market Place
Last Tuesday, 28 November 2017, the Angolan CDAIS ‘marketplace’ was held in Luanda, with the aim of forging new agricultural innovation partnerships. Amongst the more than 50 participants, the event...
View ArticleBURKINA FASO – Strengthening partnerships to help women’s enterprises
Women and others involved in the food processing industry met in Bobo Dioulasso on Friday 8 December. There were some 20 people at the meeting, held in the town’s cultural centre. This workshop was for...
View ArticleLAOS Story of change
Sowing the seeds of an organic and nutritious future “We have changed already since CDAIS started working with us” said Mrs Khammone Luanglath. “Because of the project, we have for example divided our...
View ArticleETHIOPIA – Story of Change
The ‘need for seed’ improves agricultural yield, but requires more than just improved technologies To ensure food security, farmers must have access to quality seed, in adequate quantities. The...
View ArticleBANGLADESH: December update – making changes happen…
“Through the CDAIS project we will now work together and find the pathway to solve our problems. CDAIS means motivation, CDAIS means ties, CDAIS means mutual cooperation, CDAIS means production, CDAIS...
View ArticleANGOLA – New partnership fliers released
The CDAIS team in Angola produced new fliers (in portuguese) to present the innovation partnership that are being supported in Angola. Discover them: http://cdais.net/home/publications/#angola !
View ArticleAll afloat and swimming together at the latest CDAIS Agrinatura Task Team...
The latest Agrinatura Task Team meeting proved yet again the importance of one aspect of their work. To promote the development of ‘soft skills’ within innovation niche partnership and as been done in...
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