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CIMMYT, Climate change, Crop-Livestock, ICRAF, ICRISAT, IITA, Intensification, Interview, Maize, MAIZECRP, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

What sustainable intensification of mixed farming systems looks like in Tanzania

This video highlights how through Africa RISING program interventions, a group of farmers at Mlali Village in central Tanzania are today making choices that will ensure they ...

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ARI Dakawa, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, nafaka, Rice, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Growing an improved rice variety without applying good agricultural practices is like having a bicycle with a flat tire

How Neema Hussein, a rice farmer from Mbarali District in the southern highlands of Tanzania improved her rice yields.

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AVRDC, Crops, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Mali, Research, Vegetables, West Africa

Rio Grande tomato variety captures the affection of women farmers in southern Mali

Over the past six years, Sitan Coulibaly has been one of the 114 women farmers involved in validating high-performing, dry season-adapted and farmer-preferred vegetable varieties as a ...

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Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Feeds, Fodder, Forages, ILRI, Intensification, Livestock

Desho and Napier grasses help Ethiopian smallholders produce year-round forage

The seventh edition of the Forages for the Future newsletter published in June 2018 recognized the contributions of Africa RISING program in promoting Desho grass as a source ...

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