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Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, Feeds, Ghana, IITA, Legumes, Livestock, MAIZECRP, Nutrition, Pigeonpea, Small Ruminants, University for Development Studies, West Africa

Best of both worlds: Intercropping Napier grass with legumes boosts food and livestock productivity in Ghana

By Africa RISING communications OnDecember 2, 2019

Through the Africa RISING project, Terry Ansah and his colleagues from the University for Development Studies, Ghana, are working with farmers in northern Ghana to validate an ...

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CIMMYT, Climate change, Conservation agriculture, Crop Residues, Groundnuts, Intensification, Malawi, Pigeonpea, Southern Africa

Pulses, cobs and a healthy soil prove the success of a rural innovator

By Shiela Chikulo (CIMMYT) & Jerome Bossuet (CIMMYT) OnOctober 20, 2019

Long-term research on climate-smart agriculture in Malawi has improved the productivity, resilience and prospects of Mary Twaya, a single mother of three.

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Gender, IITA, Intensification, Presentation, Research, WUR

Africa RISING at Tropentag 2019

By Africa RISING communications OnOctober 14, 2019

On 17–20 September, three Africa RISING scientists, Gundula Fischer, Bekele Kotu and Mirja Michalscheck, got a chance to share insights from their work with the global research ...

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East Africa, Ethiopia, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, Impact Assessment, PCT, Research

Review team commences visits to Africa RISING activity sites

By Africa RISING communications OnOctober 2, 2019

After two months of document reviews, The scientists carrying out the Africa RISING program external review, Christine Negra, Nancy McCarthy and Mark Powell, are currently visiting intervention ...

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CIAT, Crop-Livestock, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, M&E, Maize, Malawi, Partners, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Filling the missing pieces: ESA partners set targets for collating sustainable intensification data

By Africa RISING communications OnSeptember 27, 2019

During the 2019 review and planning meeting held on 10-11 September, Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project partners set their sights on consolidating systems research outputs ...

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Ghana, IITA, Maize, Participation, Postharvest, West Africa

Establishing shared prosperity: Farmers’ groups in northern Ghana set ground rules for using maize shellers

By Africa RISING communications OnSeptember 24, 2019

The Africa RISING project recently trained members of 21 farmer groups (from 21 communities) in northern Ghana on how to put in place and apply collective agreements ...

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