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20

Oct

CIMMYT, Climate change, Conservation agriculture, Crop Residues, Groundnuts, Intensification, Malawi, Pigeonpea, Southern Africa

Pulses, cobs and a healthy soil prove the success of a rural innovator

Long-term research on climate-smart agriculture in Malawi has improved the productivity, resilience and prospects of Mary Twaya, a single mother of three.

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14

Oct

Gender, IITA, Intensification, Presentation, Research, WUR

Africa RISING at Tropentag 2019

On 17–20 September, three Africa RISING scientists, Gundula Fischer, Bekele Kotu and Mirja Michalscheck, got a chance to share insights from their work with the global research ...

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02

Oct

East Africa, Ethiopia, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, Impact Assessment, PCT, Research

Review team commences visits to Africa RISING activity sites

After two months of document reviews, The scientists carrying out the Africa RISING program external review, Christine Negra, Nancy McCarthy and Mark Powell, are currently visiting intervention ...

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27

Sep

CIAT, Crop-Livestock, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, M&E, Maize, Malawi, Partners, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Filling the missing pieces: ESA partners set targets for collating sustainable intensification data

During the 2019 review and planning meeting held on 10-11 September, Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project partners set their sights on consolidating systems research outputs ...

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