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Africa, Crops, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, West Africa

USAID and Africa RISING team visit project sites in Northern Ghana

Mid July 2013, a team from the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program and donor representatives visited project intervention sites in ...

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CIMMYT, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IFPRI, IITA, Intensification, Partners, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Project boosting productivity of farmers’ traditional mixed farming systems in Tanzania

“I like variety 5. The cob has many rows and the grains have filled the cob well. There are also two cobs on the maize stalk,” Esther ...

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Aflatoxins, Africa, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Regions, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Keeping deadly poison off key crops along the value chain in Tanzania

Increasing crop production does not always lead to more food and a healthier population. In some cases, the consumption of the crops and their products may instead ...

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CIAT, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Regions, SARI, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Climbing beans doubling yields in Tanzania

Climbing beans are turning out to be one of the winning innovations being introduced by Africa RISING in Babati district, Tanzania. The beans have tendrils which coil ...

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