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Crop-Livestock, Crops, Fertilizer, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, NRM, SARI, Soils, Tanzania

Participatory research proves effective in changing farmers misconception on fertilizers in Tanzania

By Catherine Njuguna OnOctober 13, 2014

The strongly held but wrong perception among farmers in Babati District that use of mineral fertilizers destroys the soil is a major cause of the low ...

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Amhara, CIMMYT, CIP, Crops, East Africa, Ethiopia, Feeds, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Intensification, Pests, Photofilm, Tigray, Trip Report, Weeds

Field visits to Africa RISING Ethiopia research sites in Endamehoni and Basona Worena woredas

By Ewen Le Borgne OnOctober 10, 2014

This photo trip report covers visits by the Africa RISING research teams to Endamehoni woreda in July 2014 and Basona Worena woreda in August 2014. The visits ...

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Crop-Livestock, Crops, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Postharvest, Tanzania

Post-harvest food losses in a maize-based farming system of semi-arid savannah area of Tanzania

By Simret Yasabu OnOctober 10, 2014

An assessment of post-harvest handling practices and food losses in a maize-based farming system in semi-arid areas of Central and Northern Tanzania was carried out in 2012.

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HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification

Measuring the ‘sustainable’ in sustainable intensification – indicators needed!

By Simret Yasabu OnOctober 9, 2014

How do we know if our interventions are indeed sustainable? Peter Thorne, Africa RISING coordinator in Ethiopia, suggest this is one of the trickiest questions we face ...

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