Ressource principale01/04/2003 Use of a new crop variety or production technique may dramatically increase food production in a given area. Alternatively, an innovation successful in North America may utterly fail in the tropics. The goal of “adaptive research” is to evaluate a particular innovation for its usefulness under...
29/09/2017 En tant qu'organisation qui fournit aux populations des ressources d'information pour réduire la faim, ECHO valorise le rôle de la science dans la validation des pratiques agricoles. Au fil des ans, nous avons reçu de nombreuses demandes de la part de professeurs d'université et d'étudiants...
As you work in agricultural development, there may be times that you find yourself wondering about the answer to a specific question you have. For example, should plants be spaced 30 cm or 60 cm apart to achieve the highest yield? Which one of three tomato cultivars would grow best in a...
For many of us the idea of “research” is scary. We are not trained in it. We picture rigorous statistical analyses that we are unfamiliar with. We have seen glossy scientific journals with technical words that we do not understand. Besides, isn’t our goal to directly help smallholder farmers? Why...