Monthly Archive: March 2019

Africa, Capacity strengthening, Gender, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, Impact Assessment, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Women

New Africa RISING training manual for building capacity in gender-sensitive research

New manual by Africa RISING offers guidance on gender mainstreaming capacity building for agricultural researchers.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 15, 2019

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Crop-Livestock, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, PCT, poster, Presentation, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Zambia

Missed the Africa RISING Learning Event 2019? You can access all the material here

The Africa RISING Program Learning Event 2019 took place on 5–8 February in Malawi. Below is a list of links to the presentations, discussion and photos from the event.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 13, 2019

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Event, IITA, Intensification, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Southern Africa

Africa RISING Learning Event 2019 – participants reflections and takeaways

Partners from six Africa RISING project countries reflect on the Africa RISING Program Learning Event held on 5–8 February in Malawi.

By Africa RISING communications OnMarch 11, 2019

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Crop-Livestock, Ethiopia, Event, Ghana, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Mali, PCT, Tanzania, Trip Report, Zambia

Photo report on the Africa RISING Program Learning Event 2019

In more than a thousand words, this collection of elegant photos taken during the Africa RISING Program Learning Event provides a summary of how the whole meeting unfolded.

By Africa RISING communications OnMarch 8, 2019

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Event, IITA, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, PCT, Southern Africa

What’s in a name? Africa RISING partners aim for common understanding of terminologies

What do words like 'innovation', 'spillover', 'adoption', and 'technology' mean to you? At the Africa RISING Program Learning Event on 5-8 February 2019, implementing partners had a go at establishing common meanings to words that are frequently used within the program.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 8, 2019

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Crop-Livestock, Event, IITA, Interview, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, PCT, Southern Africa

Operationalizing the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework: An interview with Vara Prasad

Vara Prasad, director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) talks about the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework, its applications, lessons learnt since it was unveiled and why it is the go-to tool for assessing systems research interventions.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 5, 2019

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IITA, Intensification, Maize, MAIZECRP, Postharvest, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Exploring farmers’ willingness to pay for small-scale maize shelling machines in Tanzania

This poster presents the findings of a study that explored Tanzanian smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for small-scale maize shelling machines and identified factors affecting willingness to pay among farmers.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 4, 2019

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Fertilizer, IITA, Intensification, Maize, MAIZECRP, poster, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Economic analysis of fertilizer options for maize production in Tanzania

This poster presents findings from study that assessed the economic feasibility of different fertilizer options in Bahati District, Tanzania.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 3, 2019

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