Integrated systems research for sustainable smallholder agriculture
A new publication details achievements and lessons learned from the Central Mekong, offering insights and recommendations that could support integrated agricultural systems research both in the Mekong and elsewhere.
A new publication details achievements and lessons learned from working with upland smallholder farmers in the Central Mekong.
The book, published through the recently concluded CGIAR Research Program on Humidtropics, of which Bioversity International was a core partner, details findings of work carried out on rice and non-rice farming systems and areas with other land uses in the non-flooodprone lowlands, uplands and highlands in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
In just four short years, Humidtropics was able to convene a broad network of research, state and civil society partners to work together to plan and implement a wide range of research for development activities. A range of farm-level innovations were identified and tested to improve the livelihoods of farmers, sustainably intensify and diversify agricultural production, and empower women and other marginalized smallholder farmers.
The publication shares achievements, lessons learned and offers insights and recommendations that could support integrated agricultural systems research in the Mekong and elsewhere.
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Read other blogs on this publication by our CGIAR partners:
- Lessons from an integrated systems research program in Central Mekong (ICRAF)
- CGIAR integrated systems research for sustainable agricultural development in the Mekong—New book (ILRI)
This work is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Integrated Systems for the Humidtropics, and is supported by CGIAR Fund Donors