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Brief, Groundnuts, Maize, MAIZECRP, Malawi, MSU, Pigeonpea, Research, Southern Africa

Boosting land productivity using ‘doubled-up’ legume intercropping in Malawi

This evidence brief explains how Africa RISING is using an intercropping system known as 'doubled-up' legume technology using two complimentary grain legumes. Groundnut–pigeon pea intercropping is the ...

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CIMMYT, Conservation agriculture, Groundnuts, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Pigeonpea, poster, Southern Africa, Zambia

Doubled-up legume technologies in conservation agriculture show potential for scale up in Zambia

The doubled-up legume system in conservation agriculture is premised on the belief that while farmers will be in a position to get the usual benefits of the ...

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Africa, CIAT, East Africa, Fertilizer, IITA, Intensification, Maize, MAIZECRP, poster, SARI, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Pushing back against fertilizer use myth in northern Tanzania

In Babati District, northern Tanzania, a popular but misleading myth persists. That use of inorganic fertilizer 'kills' the soil. For several years, majority of farmers in the ...

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Africa, East Africa, ICRAF, IITA, Intensification, Legumes, Maize, MAIZECRP, Malawi, MSU, poster, Southern Africa, Tanzania

No one size fits all! Lessons from legume–cereal rotations in smallholder farms

Through its research-in-development work on legume–cereal rotations in Tanzania and Malawi, Africa RISING has established that these rotations work better for larger farms, while intercropping targeted at ...

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