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CIMMYT, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, India, Intensification, SLS, South Asia

Africa RISING – CSISA sustainable intensification project exchange

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 12, 2015

Kindu Mekonnen and Peter Thorne from ILRI recently spent a week with colleagues from ther Africa RISING projects visiting the CIMMYT-led CSISA (Cereal Systems Initiative for South ...

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Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Intensification, IWMI

How do you perceive sustainability? Tell us what you think!

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 12, 2015

IWMI and ILRI are jointly conducting a study on Perceptions of Sustainability across various stakeholders as part of Africa RISING Project.

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Crop-Livestock, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Innovation Systems, Intensification, Knowledge and Information, SLS

Guidelines to establish innovation platforms with Africa RISING partners in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 10, 2015

The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands aims to establish Innovation platforms(IPs) at different levels to better involve many local stakeholders to address common challenges and ...

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Aflatoxins, Crops, East Africa, Food safety, Gender, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Interview, Nutrition, Postharvest, Research, Tanzania, Value Chains

Securing the Future: The Story of Chacha Nyangi and how Africa RISING is mentoring the next generation of scientists

By Jonathan Odhong OnFebruary 9, 2015

Growing up in the remote village of Itiryo near the Kenya-Tanzania border, Chacha Nyangi could not have imagined his present life as a young Tanzanian scientist who ...

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