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Developing Capacities in Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) - GCP/GLO/017/EC

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) Global agricultural output will need to increase significantly by 2050 to feed a projected global population of about 10 billion. Achieving this within a rapidly changing demographic, socioeconomic, environmental and climate context requires a climate-relevant, productive and sustainable transformation of agrifood systems. However, weak capacity to innovate in many countries is a real obstacle to this transformation. The Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) was launched in 2012 to tackle the constraint of weak capacity for agricultural innovation in low- and middle-income countries in the tropics. To address this, TAP developed a common framework (CF) on capacity development for agricultural innovation systems and several tools, methodologies and guidelines for implementation at country level. From 2015 to 2019, the CF was piloted successfully in eight countries through a project funded by the European Commission. The current project built on the previous project with the aim of scaling up TAP and strengthening AIS that are inclusive, climate-responsive and capable of addressing systemic constraints in agriculture.

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