K-State’s Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab partnered recently with Peace Corps/Senegal and the Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research to share and teach innovative farming practices in the west African country.
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Collaborate, Learn, Adapt: 2017 SIIL Annual Meeting
Thirty-six researchers and collaborators from 10 countries, and 12 states within the U.S. gathered to learn about the annual progress and discuss future opportunities for the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL). The theme for the meeting held in Manhattan, KS, was: Collaborate, Learn, Adapt.
Collaborate.
Participants started the meeting with a knowledge sharing activity. Scientists from each project shared their progress and future plans via poster and small group discussion. Each table formulated questions and comments regarding their work. This was a great opportunity to foster collaboration between researchers of different expertise. Nutritionists, gender specialists, and farming systems experts were able to offer input and guidance on how to best incorporate these disciplines into their work. Each project was able to consider their work from varying viewpoints, ensuring that each domain of sustainable intensification (SI) was being considered and implemented. Continue reading “Collaborate, Learn, Adapt: 2017 SIIL Annual Meeting”
East African Researchers Attend Spatial Data Workshop Series in Tanzania
Arusha, Tanzania – August, 15-19
The Geospatial and Farming Systems Research Consortium (GSFRC) kicked off its workshop series in Arusha, Tanzania with 46 early-career research and development professionals from across East Africa gathering to advance their skills in programming, modeling and mapping of spatial data. The workshop was organized by the Feed the Future Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab, the African Soil Information Service and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture.
Over 300 people applied to attend the workshop and 46 of East Africa’s up-and-coming researchers were selected to attend; each showing both motivation and applicability of this training to their work. The training was free of charge and lodging and meals were provided. Participants traveled from Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, and Tanzania and had backgrounds ranging from agronomy, plant breeding and soil scientists to hydrology, climatology, wildlife conservation and virology.
This five-day, hands-on workshop on data science for agricultural development covered an introduction to R software and how to use R for data analysis and modeling with an emphasis on spatial data. Continue reading “East African Researchers Attend Spatial Data Workshop Series in Tanzania”
