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Sep

Ghana, IITA, Maize, Participation, Postharvest, West Africa

Establishing shared prosperity: Farmers’ groups in northern Ghana set ground rules for using maize shellers

The Africa RISING project recently trained members of 21 farmer groups (from 21 communities) in northern Ghana on how to put in place and apply collective agreements ...

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22

Aug

Crop-Livestock, Ghana, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Research, Trip Report, West Africa

Key take-aways from a recent Africa RISING exchange visit in Ghana

Photo report of highlights from a recent exchange visit to Africa RISING sites in northern Ghana from 17-21 June 2019.

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23

Jul

AVRDC, CIAT, CIMMYT, Crop-Livestock, ICRISAT, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, MAIZECRP, nafaka, SARI, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Trip Report

In pictures: the 2019 Africa RISING Tanzania monitoring visit

This is a collection of select photos taken during a recent monitoring visit to project sites in Tanzania. Have a look to see what Africa RISING has ...

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25

Jun

Crop-Livestock, IITA, Intensification, Maize, MAIZECRP, nafaka, Postharvest, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Adopting good agricultural practices was the game changer I needed!

Embracing good agricultural practices in lessons from the project has turned around the fortunes of Method Magoda, a 39-year-old farmer from Utengule Village in Kilolo District, ...

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