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05

Aug

Extension, Field Day, IITA, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

Lead farmers drive adoption of farming technologies in Tanzania

Africa RISING 's farmer-to-farmer trainers' approach paying huge dividends in enhancing the adoption of improved agricultural practices and technologies ...

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12

Jul

Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Faba bean, ILRI, Legumes, Research

Podcast: Optimizing food-feed production in smallholder systems

In a recent interview with Field, Lab, Earth, the American Society of Agronomy podcast, Dr. Peter Throne shared about ...

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20

Jun

Agroforestry, Extension, Maize, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Farmers lead adoption of agroforestry practices in Dodoma, Tanzania

In 2016, Philemon Malekela, a farmer from Nghumbi Village in Tanzania's semi-arid Kongwa District, made a learning visit to ...

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15

Jun

Africa, Animal Feeding, Ethiopia, Fodder, ILRI, Livestock, Research

Improved troughs are reducing feed wastage in Ethiopia

Postharvest feed loss and poor utilization practices contribute greatly to feed scarcity in Ethiopia. The Africa RISING in Ethiopia ...

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27

Apr

Crop-Livestock, Ghana, IITA, Maize, West Africa

Smallholder farmers are interested in sustainable intensification

Research in Ghana shows that small-scale farmers are interested in the multiple attributes and benefits of sustainable intensification.

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25

Mar

Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia

Africa RISING contributes to sustainable agricultural intensification in the Ethiopian highlands

Africa RISING, one of the research-for-development projects in Ethiopia, is generating evidence on how sustainable intensification can contribute ...

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