Monthly Archive: October 2012

Africa RISING in Ethiopia – first year lays strong foundations

Feed the Future recently highlighted Africa RISING’s participatory research in Ethiopia to empower farmers to implement sustainable intensification, meaning they will ultimately be able to generate more output from the same area of land while reducing negative environmental impacts. The story ...

By Peter Ballantyne OnOctober 27, 2012

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Africa RISING in Mali: a forward-looking update by Eva Weltzien

Eva Weltzien works for the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Mali. In Africa RISING, Eva oversees scientific activities in Mali. In this interview ahead of the West Africa review and planning meeting in Tamale, 23-25 October 2012, ...

By Ewen Le Borgne OnOctober 17, 2012

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Preparing for the Africa RISING West Africa review and planning meeting: Interview with Asamoah Larbi

Asamoah Larbi is chief scientist for the Guinea Savannah region of Africa RISING in West Africa. He attended the recent East and Southern Africa review and planning meeting and is now planning for the similar West Africa workshop taking place 19-23 ...

By Ewen Le Borgne OnOctober 15, 2012

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Integration, cross-learning, synergies: Keywords for the next Africa RISING phase in East and Southern Africa

Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, coordinator of the East and Southern Africa region for Africa RISING, answered some questions following the recently completed annual review and planning meeting for Africa RISING’s East and Southern Africa region and the wider program. She shared her keywords ...

By Ewen Le Borgne OnOctober 11, 2012

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Africa RISING charts strategic roadmap to boost productivity of smallholder mixed-farming growers in East and Southern Africa

Mixed-farming smallholder growers in East and Southern Africa are slated to see a boost in their production and productivity resulting from a strategy that will see agricultural experts from different disciplines and farmers working hand-in-hand at the farm and village levels. ...

By ILRI Communications OnOctober 9, 2012

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Looking back at the Africa RISING East and Southern Africa review and planning meeting: Interviewing Mateete Bekunda

Mateete Bekunda joined Africa RISING in April this year as the Farming Systems Agronomist for the East and Southern Africa region. He kindly accepted to share his views about the recent review and planning meeting which closed on 5 October. A lot of work – ...

By Ewen Le Borgne OnOctober 6, 2012

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