{"id":15891,"date":"2026-06-20T12:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/si-toolkit-helps-researchers-assess-the-sustainability-of-their-innovations\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:22:53","slug":"si-toolkit-helps-researchers-assess-the-sustainability-of-their-innovations","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/si-toolkit-helps-researchers-assess-the-sustainability-of-their-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"SI toolkit helps researchers assess the sustainability of their innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"Five years ago,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africa-rising.net\/\">AFRIQUE GRANDISSANT<\/a>\u00a0scientists were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africa-rising.net\/2014\/10\/09\/ar-indicators\/\"><strong>looking for better ways to measure<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and assess the sustainability of sustainable intensification measures.\n<div id=\"attachment_4483\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 563px\">\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4483\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-five-domains-of-sustainable.jpg\" alt=\"The five domains of sustainable intensification.\" width=\"563\" height=\"510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4483\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The five domains of sustainable intensification.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThis work led to the development of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africa-rising.net\/2017\/12\/05\/introducing-the-africa-rising-sustainable-intensification-assessment-framework\/\"><strong>sustainable intensification assessment framework<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(SIAF) to help assess and measure an innovation\u2019s performance in terms of its direct and indirect consequences within and across five critical domains: productivity, economic, environmental, human, and social.\n\nIn November 2018, the\u00a0Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.k-state.edu\/siil\/2019\/01\/24\/sustainable-intensification-assessment-framework\/\"><strong>launched<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0the next iteration of this effort \u2013 the SI Toolkit \u2013 at the Agronomy Society of America\u2019s annual meeting.\n\nThe SI Toolkit is a dynamic, online platform to help researchers and development workers select appropriate indicators and metrics for their innovations, visualizing tradeoffs and synergies using a Radar Chart Generator.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sitoolkit.com\/\"><strong>Try out the toolkit and radar chart generator<\/strong><\/a>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five years ago, Africa RISING scientists were looking for better ways to measure and assess the sustainability of sustainable intensification 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