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Africa, Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Intensification, Mali, Research, West Africa

Livestock feed resource assessments in Ghana and Mali

By Peter Ballantyne OnSeptember 18, 2014

The Africa RISING project in West Africa recently produced reports documenting existing and potential feed resources, their uses and seasonal gaps with respect to livestock production in ...

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Animal Feeding, East Africa, Ethiopia, Feeds, Fodder, Forages, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, NRM, Photofilm, Sheep, Small Ruminants, SNNPR, Trip Report, Water

Irrigated fodder and sheep fattening field visit to Lemo, Ethiopia

By Ewen Le Borgne OnSeptember 15, 2014

This photo trip report presents images from a recent field visit (23-25 July 2014) to assess progress with these livestock and irrigation activities conducted together with the ...

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Ethiopia, Gender, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Women

Developing capacities to address gender in agricultural projects in Ethiopia

By Annet Mulema OnSeptember 14, 2014

From 18-20 August, the Africa RISING project in Ethiopia joined forces with the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish to hold a gender training for staff ...

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East Africa, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Participation, Research

Participatory research toolkit – briefs introduce approaches used in Ethiopia

By Peter Ballantyne OnSeptember 5, 2014

In 2013, the Africa RISING project in Ethiopia initiated a series of participatory assessments to diagnose and characterize the farming systems and communities where the project is ...

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