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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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Crop-Livestock, Ghana, IITA, Maize, West Africa

Smallholder farmers are interested in sustainable intensification

By Africa RISING communications OnApril 27, 2022

Research in Ghana shows that small-scale farmers are interested in the multiple attributes and benefits of sustainable intensification.

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia

Africa RISING contributes to sustainable agricultural intensification in the Ethiopian highlands

By Haimanot Seifu OnMarch 25, 2022

Africa RISING, one of the research-for-development projects in Ethiopia, is generating evidence on how sustainable intensification can contribute to Ethiopian farming system development through improving food, ...

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Crop-Livestock, Gender, Ghana

‘The woman has no right to sell livestock’— challenging gender norms for transformative interventions in Ghana

By Africa RISING communications OnFebruary 28, 2022

What will it take to make the small ruminants value chain in northern Ghana more inclusive? Results from a study by Africa RISING scientists shows how much ...

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Africa, Islands of Peace, Scaling, Tanzania

Tanzania’s agriculture minister lauds achievements of five-year technology scaling program backstopped by Africa RISING

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 18, 2022

Tanzania’s agriculture minister lauds achievements of five-year technology scaling program backstopped by Africa RISING.

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