Monthly Archive: May 2014

RISING voices: Cleo Roberts, Senior research assistant and monitoring and evaluation officer (IFPRI)

In this interview, Cleo Roberts introduces herself and her work with Africa RISING. It is one of a series of portraits of key people in the program.

By Ewen Le Borgne OnMay 18, 2014

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Innovation platforms to improve the productivity of mixed farming systems in Ethiopia

A recent study by ICRAF presents information on tree-crop-livestock farming system constraints in the four Africa RISING project sites in Ethiopia. It identifies local innovation platforms as a key mechanism to prioritize and work together on problems and solutions in each ...

By Simret Yasabu OnMay 16, 2014

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RISING voices: Agathe Diama, regional information officer (ICRISAT)

In this interview, Agathe Diama introduces herself and her work with Africa RISING. It is one of a series of portraits of key people in the program.

By Ewen Le Borgne OnMay 15, 2014

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Africa RISING researchers in learning visit to Malawi

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Africa RISING recently visited Malawi as part of a learning exchange visit of project sites and trials. Members of the team came from Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Ethiopia representing the various CGIAR Centres implementing the ...

By Ewen Le Borgne OnMay 13, 2014

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Africa RISING establishes a partnership platform to facilitate uptake and adoption of innovations by farmers in Babati District, Tanzania

The partners of the Africa RISING project and the Babati District Council have launched the Babati District Research for Development (R4D) platform to facilitate the uptake of the project’s innovations in the district. Babati District in Northern Tanzania is one of ...

By Catherine Njuguna OnMay 7, 2014

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Babati R4D platform: Great expectations

After launching of the Babati District Research for Development (R4D) platform the Africa RISING partners and beneficiaries have high expectations of the the platform and those selected to the Platform's Committee to represent various stakeholders have very clear ideas on their ...

By Catherine Njuguna OnMay 7, 2014

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Africa RISING value chain writeshop in Ethiopia identifies crop-livestock interventions

In late April 2014, CIAT and ILRI organized a three day writeshop on value chain development in the Africa RISING sites in Ethiopia.

By Simret Yasabu OnMay 5, 2014

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Broadening Africa RISING work in Zambia

The USAID Africa Bureau is providing support to Africa RISING (funded by the USAID Bureau for Food Security) for a study that advances the understanding of the landscape-level implications of farm-level sustainable intensification activities in Zambia. It will also inform the ...

By Simret Yasabu OnMay 1, 2014

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