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CIMMYT, Cowpea, DRYLANDSCRP, Gender, IITA, Intensification, Maize, Participation, Scaling, Southern Africa, Zambia

Getting technologies out to farmers using innovative approaches: the Africa RISING – SIMLEZA project

By Jonathan Odhong OnJanuary 28, 2016

Since September 2013, the SIMLEZA-Africa RISING project tested a range of improved agricultural technologies in Chipata and Katete districts of Zambia with the aim of ...

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East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Maize, Postharvest, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Tanzania farmers save on labour and cut food losses

By Jonathan Odhong OnJanuary 25, 2016

New postharvest technologies put a smile on the faces of Tanzania’s smallholder farmers

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AVRDC, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Interview, Nutrition, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

RISING voices: Cornel Massawe, nematologist at Tengeru Horticultural and Training Institute, Tanzania

By gloranandibalema OnJanuary 21, 2016

Cornel Massawe, nematologist at Tengeru Horticultural and Training Institute (HORTI Tengeru), introduces himself and his work with the Africa RISING - NAFAKA technology scaling project in ...

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Geodata, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Interview, Southern Africa, Tanzania

RISING voices: Francis Muthoni, GIS specialist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Tanzania

By gloranandibalema OnJanuary 18, 2016

Francis Muthoni, geographic information system specialist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Arusha, introduces himself and his work with the program. It is one ...

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