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Ghana, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Mali, West Africa

Africa RISING: Update on West Africa project

Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Africa RISING Project Coordinator at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture writes: I would like to give you an update on the status of the ...

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AVRDC, HUMIDTROPICS, Research, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Africa RISING initiative to ensure safe vegetables in Tanzania launched

From May 10-12, a project was launched in Morogoro (Tanzania) to determine the prevalence of harmful vegetable contaminants in Tanzania. For the first time ever, researchers will ...

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Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA

Mateete Bekunda joins IITA to work on Africa RISING

Dr. Mateete Bekunda has joined IITA as a Consultant Systems Agronomist for the USAID funded project on Sustainable Intensification of Key African Farming Systems. His more than ...

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Agroforestry, East Africa, Ethiopia, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, ICRAF, Intensification, Research, Trees

Africa RISING trainees to document local knowledge on trees and farms in Ethiopia

In June 2012, the ICRAF-led early win project on ‘Sustainable tree-crop-livestock intensification as a pillar for the Ethiopian climate resilient green economy initiative‘ will hold a training ...

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