Monthly Archive: January 2020

Africa, CIMMYT, Climate change, Conservation agriculture, Crop-Livestock, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Presentation, Southern Africa, Zambia

Conservation agriculture is helping farmers adapt to climate change: lessons from southern Africa

In the face of climate change, smallholder farmers need to adopt climate-resilient interventions to minimize their vulnerability. Conservation agriculture offers the farmers a lifeline. Here is how.

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 29, 2020

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Africa, AVRDC, CIAT, Crops, Irrigation, Presentation, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

Automated irrigation as a game-changer for farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Is it enough?

In the outskirts of Tanzania’s peri-urban Babati town, Africa RISING worked with farmers to validate a bundled 'smart irrigation' technology that includes improved vegetable varieties (tomatoes and sweet pepper), an automated irrigation kit (to save on scarce water and labour), and ...

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 26, 2020

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AVRDC, East Africa, Nutrition, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

Youth proud to be part of a farming family

Pascal Erasto (19) and his sister Ana (16) have a different perspective. Their positive attitude towards vegetable production and utilization was influenced by their mother, Monica Pascal, who has worked as a farmer trainer in the Africa RISING project since 2013. ...

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 21, 2020

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Groundnuts, ILRI, Intensification, Malawi, MSU, Presentation, Southern Africa

Sustainable intensification: Is a systems perspective essential for integrated crop-livestock systems?

Intensification of production can take many forms, for example, the one that underpinned the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s helped humanity keep food production at pace with population growth. However, the present context has changed and ensuring sustainability is ...

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 16, 2020

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CIAT, Crops, Extension, Maize, Malawi, Mobile, Presentation, Scaling, Southern Africa

Disseminating maize agronomy technologies using interactive voice response in Malawi–the opportunities and pitfalls

In 2018, the Africa RISING team in Malawi initiated a pilot activity to establish the efficacy of interactive voice response (IVR) in disseminating maize agronomy messages to farmers. This blog presents some of the lessons learnt so far from the activity.

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 12, 2020

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