Monthly Archive: July 2012

Local knowledge training exercise: Unpacking tree-crop-livestock interactions in Tigray

From 11 to 22 June 2012, students from Mekelle University visited the field site of Abreha We Atsbeha in a semi-arid area of the Tigray Region, to unpack tree-crop-livestock interactions on farms within the field site, to assess drivers influencing incorporation of trees on farms ...

By Ewen Le Borgne OnJuly 17, 2012

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Conservation agriculture in Malawi: “We always have problems with rain here”

Earlier this year, Africa RISING funded an ‘early win’ project in Malawi led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). A news story from this project explains how smallholder maize farmers in Malawi are adopting sustainable crop management practices ...

By ILRI Communications OnJuly 4, 2012

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Africa RISING: Update on Eastern and Southern Africa project

Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Africa RISING Project Coordinator at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture writes: I would like to give you an update on the status of the USAID funded project on Sustainable Intensification of Key Farming Systems in Eastern and Southern ...

By Peter Ballantyne OnJuly 2, 2012

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