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Africa, Forages, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, ILRI, Mali, NRM, West Africa

A new dawn in Zanzoni, Mali as natural resource management conventions are formalized

Through the Africa RISING project, ILRI and AMEDD (a local Malian NGO) have worked with the local community in ...

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CIMMYT, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification

Small-scale mechanization advancing farming systems to improve food, nutrition, and income security in Ethiopia

From 1-5 June, farmers from different Africa RISING sites were trained in using small two-wheel multi-purpose tractors as part ...

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CIMMYT, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Irrigation

I live near a river and will use the tractor to pump water to irrigate my land

Temam Mama from Ilu-Sanbitu kebele Sinana (in Oromia) was selected by his innovation platform to join the small scale ...

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Crop-Livestock, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Report

Africa RISING Ethiopia project external review report

The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands recently underwent an internally commissioned external review.

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CIMMYT, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification

The two-wheel tractor saves time and energy; it ploughs twice as fast as my oxen

Bedilu Desta from Gudo Beret in Amhara was selected by his innovation platform to join the small scale mechanization ...

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CIMMYT, East Africa, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification

Two-wheel (single axle) tractors introduced to power agriculture in the highlands of Ethiopia

Learning from the experience of Asian countries such as Bangladesh, CIMMYT (the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre) and ...

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