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Countries, Crop-Livestock, Ghana, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Partners

Africa RISING – focusing on women and children in Ghana

By Simret Yasabu OnDecember 18, 2013

Charlie Pye-Smith reports from Ghana for Africa RISING The Africa RISING program seeks to provide pathways out of hunger and poverty for smallholder families, and especially women ...

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Africa, Crop-Livestock, Ghana, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, West Africa

Africa RISING in Ghana – learning from experience

By Simret Yasabu OnDecember 10, 2013

Charlie Pye-Smith reports from Ghana for Africa RISING During the first year of the Africa RISING project, a multidisciplinary team of researchers held discussions with some 4000 ...

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Africa, Crop-Livestock, Ghana, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, West Africa

Africa RISING – promoting sustainable intensification in Northern Ghana

By Simret Yasabu OnDecember 2, 2013

Charlie Pye-Smith reports from Ghana for Africa RISING “When I was young, we used to get eight or nine bags of maize per acre,” says Abukari Iddrisu. ...

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Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Participation

Participatory community analysis completed in eight Africa RISING sites in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnNovember 21, 2013

In 2013, the Africa RISING team in Ethiopia carried out a Participatory Community Analyses (PCA) in all the eight sites. This was the first phase in a ...

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