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Crop-Livestock, Crops, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Postharvest, Tanzania

Post-harvest food losses in a maize-based farming system of semi-arid savannah area of Tanzania

An assessment of post-harvest handling practices and food losses in a maize-based farming system in semi-arid areas of Central ...

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HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification

Measuring the ‘sustainable’ in sustainable intensification – indicators needed!

How do we know if our interventions are indeed sustainable? Peter Thorne, Africa RISING coordinator in Ethiopia, suggest this ...

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Aflatoxins, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Food safety, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Postharvest, Research, Tanzania

High levels of mycotoxins detected in Babati pose health risk to human and livestock health in Tanzania

Communities in Tanzania and the region could unknowingly be exposing themselves to potential health problems as a result of ...

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Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Feeds, Fodder, Forages, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Intensification, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Fodder and feed, a key to sustainable intensification of crop livestock system in Babati, Tanzania

Farmers lack of information on fodder, feeds and feeding; inadequate availability of feeds in terms of quantity and quality ...

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Knowledge and Information, Southern Africa

Africa RISING’s integrated technologies doubling smallholder farmers’ yields in East and Southern Africa

The Africa RISING program, now in its third year, has made significant progress in getting the different researchers from ...

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CIAT, Crop-Livestock, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Value Chains

Africa RISING value chain report validation workshop underway in Ethiopia

A two week value chain report validation workshop is underway at the ILRI campu in Addis Ababa. The workshop ...

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