Monthly Archive: February 2016

Africa RISING Ethiopia reviews progress and plans for 2016 and beyond

Earlier this month, the Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands organised its annual review and planning meeting. On the agenda: Reviewing progress in 2015, discussing future plans. Around 60 participants representing CGIAR partners, national and local government representatives, non-government, universities ...

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 29, 2016

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Tanzanian farmers cash in on new tomato variety

Higher incomes for farmers, a new tomato variety for consumers

By Jonathan Odhong OnFebruary 5, 2016

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A healthy veggie revolution growing in Tanzania

Through the Africa RISING project, farmers in nine villages located in Manyara and Dodoma regions of Tanzania have been introduced to Amaranth and African nightshade farming.

By Jonathan Odhong OnFebruary 3, 2016

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National workshop calls for decision support tools for fertilizer recommendations in Ethiopia

A one day national workshop on decision support tools for appropriate fertilizer recommendation in Ethiopia was organized at ILRI campus on 18 December 2015.

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 1, 2016

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End of season field days in Ethiopia zoom in on promising interventions

Africa RISING project has been organizing several field days since 2013 for a range of participants at its 4 sites and 8 research kebeles. The project had organized mid-season, end season and larger field days to demonstrate its on-farm research interventions, ...

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 1, 2016

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