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CIAT, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Fodder, ICRAF, ILRI, Intensification, SNNPR, Women

International Women’s Day 2018: Bekelech Belachew, a model woman farmer in southern Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnMarch 8, 2018

Six years ago, when the Africa RISING project started its action research in Jewe Kebele, Bekelech Belachew, 53, started using research protocols from the project to improve ...

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Extension, Fall Army Worm, Intensification, Maize, MAIZECRP, nafaka, Pests, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Africa RISING–NAFAKA Project trains government extension staff and farmers in Tanzania on fall army worm management

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 4, 2018

More than 250 government extension staff and more than 40 lead farmers from Tanzania’s southern highlands have been trained by the Africa RISING - NAFAKA Project on ...

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East Africa, Ethiopia, Forages, ILRI, Intensification, LIVESTOCKCRP, Lucerne, Research, SLS, Trees

Growing multi-purpose trees to address forage gaps in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnMarch 1, 2018

The sixth issue of Forages for the Future newsletter features the Africa RISING project's efforts in exploring new ways of integrating multi-purpose forages to increase the feed quantity ...

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Africa, CIP, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, ILRI, Innovation Systems, Intensification, LIVESTOCKCRP, Research, SLS

Challenges and opportunities in intensifying farming systems in Ethiopia: Results of a participatory community analysis

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 26, 2018

In 2012, Africa RISING conducted a participatory community analysis (PCA) as the first phase of a participatory development approach in the Ethiopian highlands.

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CIAT, Extension, Fertilizer, Forages, Gender, IITA, Intensification, Irrigation, Livestock, MAIZECRP, SARI, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Technologies that transform: A look at select Africa RISING interventions in Babati District, Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnFebruary 21, 2018

Africa RISING is implementing action research with farmers in Babati District, Tanzania to validate several technologies that are set to significantly improve farmer livelihoods. Here is a ...

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Capacity strengthening, Crops, East Africa, Ethiopia, Event, Fruit, ILRI, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Pests, Tigray, Trees

Africa RISING Ethiopia organized a training on apple and mango production in Tigray, Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 15, 2018

In the past few decades, apple farming in the Tigray highlands has expanded significantly since the introduction of apple trees to the region's woredas by the Tigray ...

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