Blog Style Three

12

Feb

Ghana, WUR

Serious gaming offers insights into land use decision dynamics in northern Ghana

Most smallholder farm systems in Ghana are located on communally owned land, governed by customary laws. Within most communities, ...

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05

Feb

AVRDC, East Africa, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

From trainee to model farmer

Always eager to learn; farmer Pius Wilbard sharpened his vegetable production skills and increased his income in Tanzania's Karatu ...

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29

Jan

Africa, CIMMYT, Climate change, Conservation agriculture, Crop-Livestock, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Presentation, Southern Africa, Zambia

Conservation agriculture is helping farmers adapt to climate change: lessons from southern Africa

In the face of climate change, smallholder farmers need to adopt climate-resilient interventions to minimize their vulnerability. Conservation agriculture ...

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26

Jan

Africa, AVRDC, CIAT, Crops, Irrigation, Presentation, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

Automated irrigation as a game-changer for farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Is it enough?

In the outskirts of Tanzania’s peri-urban Babati town, Africa RISING worked with farmers to validate a bundled 'smart irrigation' ...

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21

Jan

AVRDC, East Africa, Nutrition, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

Youth proud to be part of a farming family

Pascal Erasto (19) and his sister Ana (16) have a different perspective. Their positive attitude towards vegetable production and ...

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16

Jan

Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Groundnuts, ILRI, Intensification, Malawi, MSU, Presentation, Southern Africa

Sustainable intensification: Is a systems perspective essential for integrated crop-livestock systems?

Intensification of production can take many forms, for example, the one that underpinned the Green Revolution of the 1960s ...

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