“Changing our way of thinking gives us better understanding to analyse problems in order to deal with them and move forward, leading to behavioural changes” Hello, who are you? I am TouLee and am 34 years old. I have a BSc in livestock science from the Faculty of Agriculture, NUOL and an MSc major in

Hello, who are you? I am Khamla Thammachak and am 39 years old. I obtained my BSc from Lao Samphanh Mitmaity Agriculture college with a major in agronomy. Currently, I work at DATEAP, and my main responsibility is as a trainer to farmer organizations and extension staff at province and district level in all provinces

Hello, who are you? I am Nikhom Chanphava. I have a MSc degree from the the Faculty of Agriculture, NUOL, with major in Sustainable Agriculture Resources Management and have worked for the Rice Research Center, NAFRI since 1991. My main responsibilities are on rice seed research, rice seed production, promoting rice cultivation techniques in Lao

Hello, who are you? I am Khamla ‘Pern’ Sengphaxaiyalath, researcher in the Economics and Rural Development Center, NAFRI since 2005. My main responsibility is to carry out research relevant to economics and development, market research, agriculture and forestry policy, and other research related to agriculture development strategies from the Lao government.  What are your role

Hello, who are you? I’m Arlis Zepeda. My story in the world of agricultural innovation begins in ASOFAIL, a producer association where I started working in August 2012 as administrator of the collection centre, when the association began to work in marketing. In 2013, a proposal for an innovation project was formulated with the idea

 Hello, who are you? My name is Héctor García, main facilitator of the potato niche in Honduras. I am originally from La Esperanza Intibucá in the south west of the country, the main potato production area in Honduras. I graduated as an agronomist and have 15 years’ experience in rural development working in several NGOs.

Hello, who are you? I’m Julia Cruz Pineda. I have worked in the Directorate of Agricultural Science and Technology (DICTA) since 2001 in different technical positions. Since 2010, I am Head of the Training Unit, within the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, of supporting programs, projects and technical units of DICTA in the design, coordination,

Hello, who are you? I’m Rudy Omar Mejía. I am a business administrator, graduated from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. After graduating, I was a consultancy for the ETEA Foundation (Agricultural Technical School) of Jain University, Spain, developing training in administrative, accounting and organizational aspects of coffee producers. From this experience, I joined the

“The key of the success of an innovation project is to know how to show the invisible: the need in functional capacity building. It enables the gaining of time, performance and productivity.” Hello, who are you? I am Nikiema Lassya. I have expertise in capacity needs assessments for multi-stakeholder innovation partnership and organization of innovation