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Serious gaming offers insights into land use decision dynamics in northern Ghana

By Africa RISING communications OnFebruary 12, 2020

Most smallholder farm systems in Ghana are located on communally owned land, governed by customary laws. Within most communities, customary laws prescribe that land decisions are typically ...

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AVRDC, East Africa, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

From trainee to model farmer

By Africa RISING communications OnFebruary 5, 2020

Always eager to learn; farmer Pius Wilbard sharpened his vegetable production skills and increased his income in Tanzania's Karatu District.

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Africa, CIMMYT, Climate change, Conservation agriculture, Crop-Livestock, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Presentation, Southern Africa, Zambia

Conservation agriculture is helping farmers adapt to climate change: lessons from southern Africa

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 29, 2020

In the face of climate change, smallholder farmers need to adopt climate-resilient interventions to minimize their vulnerability. Conservation agriculture offers the farmers a lifeline. Here is how.

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Africa, AVRDC, CIAT, Crops, Irrigation, Presentation, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

Automated irrigation as a game-changer for farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Is it enough?

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 26, 2020

In the outskirts of Tanzania’s peri-urban Babati town, Africa RISING worked with farmers to validate a bundled 'smart irrigation' technology that includes improved vegetable varieties (tomatoes and ...

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AVRDC, East Africa, Nutrition, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

Youth proud to be part of a farming family

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 21, 2020

Pascal Erasto (19) and his sister Ana (16) have a different perspective. Their positive attitude towards vegetable production and utilization was influenced by their mother, Monica Pascal, ...

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Groundnuts, ILRI, Intensification, Malawi, MSU, Presentation, Southern Africa

Sustainable intensification: Is a systems perspective essential for integrated crop-livestock systems?

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 16, 2020

Intensification of production can take many forms, for example, the one that underpinned the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s helped humanity keep food production at ...

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