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Africa RISING-NAFAKA scaling model praised for enhancing research‒extension linkages by Tanzania’s Minister of Agriculture

By Jonathan Odhong OnJuly 26, 2017

The Africa RISING-NAFAKA project’s model for scaling and disseminating improved technologies has been lauded as 'exemplary' and the kind of approach needed to ensure sustainability of improved ...

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Event, IITA, Intensification, Legumes, MAIZECRP, Malawi, MSU, Nutrition, Southern Africa, Value Chains

Partners map out transition plans for Africa RISING-led Malawi INVC Bridging Activity Project

By Jonathan Odhong OnJuly 21, 2017

On 29 – 30 June 2017, Integrating Nutrition in Value Chains (INVC) Bridging Activity Project partners met in Lilongwe to review implementation progress and discuss transition from ...

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East Africa, Ethiopia, Event, ICRAF, ICRISAT, Innovation Systems, Intensification, Knowledge and Information, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Research

Ethiopia learning alliance to support sustainable agricultural intensification

By Simret Yasabu OnJuly 19, 2017

In March 2017, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) launched the National Learning Alliance (NLA) for the Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research Learning Alliance (SAIRLA) project in Ethiopia.

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Event, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, Impact Assessment, Intensification, M&E, MAIZECRP, Participation, PCT, Research, SAG, Scaling, Tanzania

Advisory group re-formed to spearhead science for development in Africa RISING

By Ewen Le Borgne OnJuly 17, 2017

The newly-formed Science Advisory Group (SAG) was formed for the first time in Africa RISING's phase I at a meeting that brought together SAG members, most of ...

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Ghana, IITA, MAIZECRP, Postharvest, Research, West Africa

Reducing high cyclical losses after harvest in northern Ghana

By Jonathan Odhong OnJuly 5, 2017

Africa RISING designed experiments and trainings to address some of these knowledge and technical gaps to manage harvest surpluses. We provided information and demonstrations on integrated pest ...

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Ghana, IFPRI, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Nutrition, West Africa

How Africa RISING interventions affecting production diversity and dietary quality

By Jonathan Odhong OnJune 28, 2017

This evidence brief presents findings from a study that investigated whether on-farm diversity and the production of nutrient-rich crops and livestock by-products contribute to improvements in dietary ...

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