Yearly Archive: 2020

Crop-Livestock, Event, Field Day, Ghana, IITA, Maize, MAIZECRP, Mali, West Africa

Photo report: West Africa project partners cap off 2020 with farmers field day events in Northern Ghana and Southern Mali

Best highlight photos from the end of 2020 farmer field day events organized by Africa RISING project partners in Ghana and Mali.

By Africa RISING communications OnDecember 11, 2020

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Ethiopia, Event, Faba bean, Field Day, ILRI, Legumes, Tigray

Africa RISING Ethiopian Highlands project holds first field day since March

Africa RISING organized the first field day in Ethiopia since March, when COVID-19 related restrictions were introduced. At the event in Tigray, participants and stakeholders reviewed project progress and exchange information and technologies.

By Haimanot Seifu OnNovember 27, 2020

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Fruit, Gender, IITA, MAIZECRP, Research, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Value Chains, Vegetables, Women

The gender equity gap: an inside look at the vegetable producers and traders in northern and central Tanzania

Horticulture is one of the fastest growing subsectors of agriculture in Tanzania with vegetables increasingly produced as cash crops. A recent study published in the European Journal of Development Research (February 2020) analysed the ways gender inequality has affected agricultural production ...

By Africa RISING communications OnOctober 21, 2020

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Climate change, Drylands, ICRISAT, MAIZECRP, Mali, WLE

How contour bunding and other technologies can reduce soil erosion and raise productivity in African watersheds

Constructing contour bunding helps to retain soil and nutrients, reduce land degradation and increase crop productivity. Significantly, implementing contour bunding reduces soil loss by 163%, and the majority of farmers (78%) perceive that they earned a higher income from crops sown ...

By Africa RISING communications OnOctober 14, 2020

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, ICARDA, ILRI, Scaling, Wheat

Improved wheat varieties yield a positive outlook for farmers in Ethiopia

New disease-tolerant wheat varieties introduced to farmers by Africa RISING are boosting productivity and enhancing food security for Ethiopia's households.

By Haimanot Seifu OnSeptember 30, 2020

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Capacity strengthening, East Africa, Fertilizer, ICRAF, IITA, Soils, Tanzania, Uncategorized

Need to help farmers address declining soil fertility inspires young researcher to develop microdosing machine

Twenty-seven-year-old Tanzanian, Lilian Richard, has her sights set on giving smallholder farmers technological solutions to address declining soil fertility. This Master of Science in soil science degree holder is a registered patent holder for an innovation she developed four years ago ...

By Africa RISING communications OnAugust 27, 2020

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Crop-Livestock, Ethiopia, Ghana, ICARDA, ICRISAT, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, MAIZECRP, Partners

Undeterred by COVID-19: How Africa RISING is adapting operations for continuity in research and delivery

The Africa RISING Program is making significant effort to adapt its activities, strategies and approaches to ensure continuity of research despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Africa RISING communications OnAugust 20, 2020

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Crop-Livestock, Ghana, IITA, MAIZECRP

Ghana partners plan 2020/21 activities in light of the COVID-19 challenges

Africa RISING partners in Ghana recently held a hybrid review and planning to determine how the project will continue its research and developmental obligations going into 2021 in light of the COVID-19 challenges.

By Africa RISING communications OnAugust 5, 2020

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Mali, Report, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Africa RISING Annual Progress Report 2018 – 2019 now available

This Sept 2018 – Oct 2019 highlights important milestones and achievements in monitoring and evaluation and learning, capacity building, collaborations with development partners, and Africa RISING's knowledge outputs during the period.

By Africa RISING communications OnJuly 6, 2020

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Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Feeds, Fodder, ILRI

Fodder beet feed supplementation delivers dairy success for Ethiopian farmers

Improved fodder beet supply has increased milk yields and helping farmers to secure dairy-based food production.

By Haimanot Seifu OnJune 17, 2020

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