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By promoting advocacy and policy dialogues, the CDAIS project, or Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems, will boost Ethiopia's capacity to innovate in agriculture, the Director General of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) Dr. Fentahun Mengistu said at the inception...
CDAIS inception workshop - Ethiopia
13 April 2016 - 14 April 2016
13 April 2016 - 14 April 2016
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A two-day workshop organized from April 13 to 14 officially launched in Ethiopia the CDAIS project, or Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems, a global initiative in support of more productive and sustainable agricultural sectors. The inception workshop, which took place...
Third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3)
05 April 2016 - 08 April 2016
05 April 2016 - 08 April 2016
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Two members of the TAP Secretariat participated in the third Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD3) to present the Common Framework on Capacity Development (CD) for Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS), developed under the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP), and to advocate for the...
CDAIS inception Workshop - Laos
08 February 2016 - 09 February 2016
08 February 2016 - 09 February 2016
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A workshop held in Vientiane marked the start of the Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems (CDAIS) project in Laos, a global initiative to promote more productive and sustainable agricultural sectors. Implemented by Agrinatura and FAO, and with financial support from...
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The CDAIS project, or Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems, must focus on strengthening Laos's capacity to innovate in selected areas of smallholder production, like high quality coffee, organic products, rice, rattan and bamboo. That was the key take-away of the...