Monthly Archive: July 2021

Brief, Cowpea, Crop-Livestock, Ghana, IITA, Intensification, West Africa

BRIEF FOCUS: Cowpea living mulch for food security and soil health

Intercropping cowpea as a living mulch with maize improves food security and dietary diversity. It also conserves soil moisture, adds soil nitrogen, and suppresses weed growth.

By Africa RISING communications OnJuly 20, 2021

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Animal Diseases, Animal Feeding, Brief, Ghana, ILRI, Intensification, Mali, West Africa

BRIEF FOCUS: Feed and health package for improved small ruminant production

Based on a new, locally available feed, less wastage, and better veterinary care; the feed and health package improves farmers’ food security and incomes by increasing livestock productivity.

By Africa RISING communications OnJuly 15, 2021

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Beans, Brief, CIAT, Conservation agriculture, IITA, Intensification, Maize, Malawi, Southern Africa

BRIEF FOCUS: Nutrient-rich beans for improved nutrition, incomes, and soil fertility

NUA 45 alias 'magic' bean is bio-fortified and provides valuable food and nutrition security for small-scale farmers and their families. It is rich in protein, iron, and zinc; improves soil fertility, and produces higher yields than local bean varieties.

By Africa RISING communications OnJuly 12, 2021

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Climate change, Ghana, Irrigation, IWMI, Water, West Africa, WLE

Building a better solar irrigation market in Ghana

In Ghana’s Upper East Region, IWMI has been working with farmers, extension agents and other stakeholders in irrigated agriculture to test water management technologies and practices aimed at increasing water productivity.

By Africa RISING communications OnJuly 8, 2021

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Capacity strengthening, CIAT, Crops, East Africa, Ethiopia, ILRI, Intensification

Ethiopia partners apply digital solutions in on-farm experiments

Africa RISING builds the capacity of project staffs and local partners’ with new digital agricultural solutions to carry out participatory research effectively.

By Haimanot Seifu OnJuly 5, 2021

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