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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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Africa, Animal Feeding, East Africa, Fodder, Forages, Gender, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, Livestock, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, poster, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Gender implications of introducing forage chopper machines in northern Tanzania

In 2015, livestock scientists implementing Africa RISING research-in-development activities (R-in-D) introduced forage chopper machines in seven villages in Babati ...

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East Africa, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Trip Report, Zambia

The listening post: How Africa RISING technologies are improving farmers’ lives in Zambia and Malawi

Farmers voices from Malawi and Zambia about how different Africa RISING technologies have touched their lives. These feedback from ...

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