Our Thoughts

12

Jan

CIAT, Crops, Extension, Maize, Malawi, Mobile, Presentation, Scaling, Southern Africa

Disseminating maize agronomy technologies using interactive voice response in Malawi–the opportunities and pitfalls

In 2018, the Africa RISING team in Malawi initiated a pilot activity to establish the efficacy of interactive voice response (IVR) in disseminating maize agronomy messages to ...

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23

Dec

Field Day, ILRI

Africa RISING field days showcase enhancements in crop and forage yields in the Ethiopian highlands

In the last quarter of each year, an Africa RISING project being conducted in the highlands of Ethiopia, holds series of field days there. This project is ...

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09

Dec

Capacity strengthening, East Africa, Ethiopia, Feeds, Forages

Ethiopia training develops partnerships and capacity for feed and forage farming

In November, the African RISING project in the Ethiopian Highlands trained more than 70 extension officers and experts in multi-stakeholder engagement, gender mainstreaming, data management, seed production ...

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02

Dec

Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, Feeds, Ghana, IITA, Legumes, Livestock, MAIZECRP, Nutrition, Pigeonpea, Small Ruminants, University for Development Studies, West Africa

Best of both worlds: Intercropping Napier grass with legumes boosts food and livestock productivity in Ghana

Through the Africa RISING project, Terry Ansah and his colleagues from the University for Development Studies, Ghana, are working with farmers in northern Ghana to validate an ...

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