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CIAT, Crop-Livestock, Extension, Forages, IITA, ILRI, Livestock, Mobile, Report, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Disseminating livestock extension information using text messages in Tanzania

By Africa RISING communications OnApril 19, 2021

A recent case study evaluating the effect of tailored short message service (SMS) sent to livestock farmers via the MWANGA platform has found that the messages had ...

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Animal Feeding, Climate change, Crop Residues, Crop-Livestock, Feeds, Ghana, ILRI, Intensification, Livestock, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Small Ruminants, West Africa

Transforming crop residues into a precious feed resource for small ruminants in northern Ghana

By Africa RISING communications OnApril 9, 2021

Addressing the challenge of seasonal feed scarcity for small ruminants in northern Ghana using locally available crop residues such as groundnut haulms, rice straw, cassava peels and ...

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Aflatoxins, Capacity strengthening, Ghana, IITA, Maize, MAIZECRP, Postharvest

Africa RISING and GRATIS Foundation train farmers in northern Ghana on basic maintenance, service and efficient operation of diesel-powered maize shellers

By Africa RISING communications OnFebruary 22, 2021

Africa RISING and GRATIS Foundation collaborate to promote mechanization of post harvest maize shelling through trainings in three regions of Northern Ghana between 11 - 18 January ...

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Crop-Livestock, Event, Field Day, Ghana, IITA, Maize, MAIZECRP, Mali, West Africa

Photo report: West Africa project partners cap off 2020 with farmers field day events in Northern Ghana and Southern Mali

By Africa RISING communications OnDecember 11, 2020

Best highlight photos from the end of 2020 farmer field day events organized by Africa RISING project partners in Ghana and Mali.

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Ethiopia, Event, Faba bean, Field Day, ILRI, Legumes, Tigray

Africa RISING Ethiopian Highlands project holds first field day since March

By Haimanot Seifu OnNovember 27, 2020

Africa RISING organized the first field day in Ethiopia since March, when COVID-19 related restrictions were introduced. At the event in Tigray, participants and stakeholders reviewed project ...

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Fruit, Gender, IITA, MAIZECRP, Research, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Value Chains, Vegetables, Women

The gender equity gap: an inside look at the vegetable producers and traders in northern and central Tanzania

By Africa RISING communications OnOctober 21, 2020

Horticulture is one of the fastest growing subsectors of agriculture in Tanzania with vegetables increasingly produced as cash crops. A recent study published in the European Journal ...

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