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East Africa, Geodata, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, nafaka, poster, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

GIS generated recommendation domains to scale improved crop varieties in Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnDecember 27, 2016

A geospatial framework for delineating recommendation domains for crop varieties which are part of the Africa RISING technology packages.

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Africa, East Africa, Fertilizer, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Maize, nafaka, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Improved agricultural technologies for improved livelihoods in Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnDecember 23, 2016

How switching to improved agricultural technologies like hybrid maize varieties and application of bladed fertilizers catalyzed a young female farmer’s dramatic rise from an off-season casual laborer ...

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Africa, Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, Dairying, East Africa, Forages, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Intensification, Livestock, Research, SLS, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Africa RISING making a FEAST for cattle in Babati District, Northern Tanzania

By Peter Ballantyne OnDecember 21, 2016

Originally published in Forages for the Future Newsletter, issue 3, December 2016 Livestock in Tanzania are largely underfed with farmers meeting only 65% of feed needs in ...

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CIAT, CIMMYT, CIP, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ICARDA, ICRAF, ICRISAT, ILRI, Intensification, IWMI, Research, SLS, SNNPR

Ethiopian farmers are intensifying and integrating Africa RISING interventions in a stepwise fashion

By Simret Yasabu OnDecember 12, 2016

Seventeen core action-oriented interventions have been introduced by the Africa RISING project in Ethiopia and validated under diverse socioeconomic and agro-ecological conditions. Over the years, researchers engaged ...

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