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CIAT, Crops, Extension, Maize, Malawi, Mobile, Presentation, Scaling, Southern Africa

Disseminating maize agronomy technologies using interactive voice response in Malawi–the opportunities and pitfalls

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 12, 2020

In 2018, the Africa RISING team in Malawi initiated a pilot activity to establish the efficacy of interactive voice response (IVR) in disseminating maize agronomy messages to ...

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Field Day, ILRI

Africa RISING field days showcase enhancements in crop and forage yields in the Ethiopian highlands

By Haimanot Seifu OnDecember 23, 2019

In the last quarter of each year, an Africa RISING project being conducted in the highlands of Ethiopia, holds series of field days there. This project is ...

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Capacity strengthening, East Africa, Ethiopia, Feeds, Forages

Ethiopia training develops partnerships and capacity for feed and forage farming

By Haimanot Seifu OnDecember 9, 2019

In November, the African RISING project in the Ethiopian Highlands trained more than 70 extension officers and experts in multi-stakeholder engagement, gender mainstreaming, data management, seed production ...

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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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