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Animal Feeding, Dairying, Drylands, DRYLANDSCRP, Fodder, Forages, ICRAF, Intensification, Malawi, Research, Southern Africa

Exploring niches for livestock intensification in farming systems in Malawi

At this week’s international conference on Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture, Aston Mulwafu presented a poster explaining on different feed options for smallholder ...

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Africa, Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, Forages, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, ILRI, Livestock, Research, SLS, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Participatory evaluation of productivity and farmer preferences of selected Napier grass accessions in northern Tanzania

At this week's international conference on Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture, Gregory Sikumba presented a poster on farmer preferences of selected Napier grass ...

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Crops, Drylands, DRYLANDSCRP, IITA, Intensification, Legumes, Malawi, MSU, Pigeonpea, Research, Southern Africa

Increasing pigeonpea productivity in a novel doubled-up legume cropping system in Malawi

At this week's international conference on Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture, Chiwimbo Gwenambira (Michigan State University) presented a poster explaining a a novel ...

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Crop-Livestock, Event, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, ICARDA, ICRAF, ICRISAT, IITA, ILRI, Impact Assessment, Innovation Systems, Intensification, Knowledge and Information

International Conference calls for integrated systems research for sustainable intensification in smallholder agriculture

Agricultural scientists and researchers from over 30 nations gather today at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria, for the International Conference on ...

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