{"id":13077,"date":"2026-06-20T12:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/poor-farm-families-in-the-humid-tropics-to-boost-income-from-improved-agric-production-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T12:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:26:21","slug":"poor-farm-families-in-the-humid-tropics-to-boost-income-from-improved-agric-production-systems","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/poor-farm-families-in-the-humid-tropics-to-boost-income-from-improved-agric-production-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor farm families in the humid tropics to boost income from improved agric production systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-13-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9813\" src=\"http:\/\/newint.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/image_gallery-13-1.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>Humidtropics, a major new research-for-development program launched today, aims at increasing average farm income by 50% with 25% of poor households lifted above the poverty line in the humid tropics in the next 15 years. Research leading to production system intensification will boost yields of staple crops  and help to reduce the number of malnourished children by 30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHumidtropics helps farm families to make better decisions about making their living  and living their lives while caring for the environment they cultivate,\u201d says Dr Ylva Hillbur, Deputy Director General Research with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)\u2014the Lead Center for the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The humid tropics are the vast hot  and wet areas around the equator that are home to about 2.9 billion people living on 3 billion hectares of l and. Agricultural systems span the humid tropics from the integrated tree crops-based systems such as cocoa plantations in West Africa, banana-based systems in East  and Central Africa to intensive-mixed systems in Asia  and vulnerable integrated crop-livestock systems in Central America  and the Caribbean. Intensifying agriculture in these areas offers the best potential to reduce poverty, especially among women  and other vulnerable groups. The bulk of the rural poor reside in the humid tropics, which are also associated with poor household nutrition  and soil fertility depletion. Even so, the humid tropics are critical to global food supplies  and meeting world food dem and, central to the maintenance of global biodiversity,  and vital to the mitigation of greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 15-year innovative CGIAR research program will help poor farm families, mostly led by women, to boost their income from agriculture while conserving the l and for future generations. The program will also serve as a model to other agencies seeking to link agricultural systems research to developmental impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial program participants include the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), International Potato Center (CIP), Bioversity International, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Centre of Insect Physiology  and Ecology (<em>icipe<\/em>), Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), AVRDC \u2013 The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC),  and Wageningen University. Partnerships are key to the success of this program  and Humidtropics invites people to register their interest at <a href=\"http:\/\/humidtropics.org\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/humidtropics.org\/contact<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, contact<br>Humidtropics Office, <a href=\"http:\/\/Humidtropics@cgiar.org\/\">Humidtropics@cgiar.org<\/a><br>Godwin Atser, <a>g.atser@cgiar.org<\/a><br>Ylva Hillbur, <a>ylva.hillbur@cgiar.org<\/a><br>Eric Koper, <a>e.koper@cgiar.org<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.humidtropics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.humidtropics.org<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">www.iita.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humidtropics, a major new research-for-development program launched today, aims at increasing average farm income by 50% with 25% of poor households lifted above the poverty line in the humid tropics in the next 15 years. 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