Daily Archive: December 12, 2012

Creating awareness on labor-saving technologies for weed control in rice production: Africa RISING success stories

Weeds are one of the major constraints to rice production in sub-Saharan Africa. Without control, they can cause yield losses ranging from 28% to 89%. One major contributing factor is the lack of knowledge and information on labor-saving weed control and ...

By ILRI Communications OnDecember 12, 2012

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Africa RISING early win project: How seed systems can work for small scale farmers in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia?

Many varieties of maize and legumes with good traits have been developed and released and there have been a lot of efforts by governments, farmer’s organizations, non-governmental organization and private seed companies, to get them to the farmers. Africa RISING’s early ...

By Ewen Le Borgne OnDecember 12, 2012

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