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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, IITA, Intensification, Malawi, Report, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Zambia

Africa RISING launches handbook of validated farming technologies from 11-years’ of research in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia

By Africa RISING communications OnSeptember 5, 2022

The Africa RISING East and Southern Africa (ESA) project has launched the ‘Sustainable agricultural intensification: A handbook for practitioners in east and southern Africa’ for extension service ...

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Ghana, IFPRI, market, West Africa

How does access to agricultural markets relate to yield, food security, and poverty in northern Ghana?

By Africa RISING communications OnAugust 23, 2022

Increasingly unpredictable weather, low yields, and poor access to input markets and agricultural advisory services have been severely challenging farming communities in North Ghana. Confirming this anecdotal evidence, a ...

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

Lead farmers drive adoption of farming technologies in Tanzania

By Africa RISING communications OnAugust 5, 2022

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

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

Podcast: Optimizing food-feed production in smallholder systems

By Haimanot Seifu OnJuly 12, 2022

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

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Agroforestry, Extension, Maize, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Farmers lead adoption of agroforestry practices in Dodoma, Tanzania

By Africa RISING communications OnJune 20, 2022

In 2016, Philemon Malekela, a farmer from Nghumbi Village in Tanzania's semi-arid Kongwa District, made a learning visit to Moshi Maile's farm. He had long heard about ...

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

Improved troughs are reducing feed wastage in Ethiopia

By Haimanot Seifu OnJune 15, 2022

Postharvest feed loss and poor utilization practices contribute greatly to feed scarcity in Ethiopia. The Africa RISING in Ethiopia project has introduced affordable feeding trough technologies to ...

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