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Africa, Impact Assessment, Intensification, MAIZECRP, SIIL

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on SI publishes new sustainable intensification assessment framework

By Jonathan Odhong OnDecember 5, 2017

The sustainable intensification assessment framework is an initiative of the Africa-RISING project which develops and recommends metrics and indicators for measuring sustainable intensification under five critical determinants ...

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Africa, Event, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Soils, WUR

The renaissance of farming systems research in Africa

By Jonathan Odhong OnNovember 30, 2017

Agricultural research in Africa suffers from trends and fashions that often distract from the central goal of enhancing the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Farming systems research (FSR) ...

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CIAT, CIMMYT, CIP, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Feeds, HUMIDTROPICS, ICARDA, ICRAF, ILRI, Intensification, IWMI, LIVESTOCKCRP, Report, Value Chains

Technology showcases in Africa RISING Phase II in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnNovember 13, 2017

During its first phase (2012-2016), the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) project in the Ethiopian highlands implemented various action-based on-farm research ...

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Capacity strengthening, CapDev, East Africa, Ethiopia, Extension, ILRI, MAIZECRP, Scaling, Value Chains

Toolkits developed to support Africa RISING partners’ capacities in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnNovember 9, 2017

The Africa RISING project in collaboration with the Capacity Development Unit of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), has  developed a scaling strategy and capacity development toolkits ...

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AVRDC, East Africa, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Nutrition, Scaling, Tanzania, Vegetables

Tanzania farmers embrace vegetable farming to access more high-value markets and improve nutrition

By Jonathan Odhong OnOctober 30, 2017

Since 2013, Africa RISING has been working with over 6,000 smallholder farmers in seven districts across Tanzania to promote and mainstream vegetable production as a complementary agricultural ...

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Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, Gender, IITA, Intensification, Livestock, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Report, Southern Africa, Women

Unravelling links between gender and adoption of agricultural innovations: Insights from communities in Malawi

By Jonathan Odhong OnOctober 17, 2017

How do gender dynamics influence adoption of agricultural innovations? A new Africa RISING report shares findings from an exploration of this and other questions with smallholder farmers ...

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