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Brief, Groundnuts, Maize, MAIZECRP, Malawi, MSU, Pigeonpea, Research, Southern Africa

Boosting land productivity using ‘doubled-up’ legume intercropping in Malawi

By Jonathan Odhong OnMay 24, 2017

This evidence brief explains how Africa RISING is using an intercropping system known as 'doubled-up' legume technology using two complimentary grain legumes. Groundnut–pigeon pea intercropping is the ...

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CIMMYT, Conservation agriculture, Groundnuts, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Pigeonpea, poster, Southern Africa, Zambia

Doubled-up legume technologies in conservation agriculture show potential for scale up in Zambia

By Jonathan Odhong OnMay 18, 2017

The doubled-up legume system in conservation agriculture is premised on the belief that while farmers will be in a position to get the usual benefits of the ...

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Africa, CIAT, East Africa, Fertilizer, IITA, Intensification, Maize, MAIZECRP, poster, SARI, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Pushing back against fertilizer use myth in northern Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnMay 3, 2017

In Babati District, northern Tanzania, a popular but misleading myth persists. That use of inorganic fertilizer 'kills' the soil. For several years, majority of farmers in the ...

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Africa, East Africa, ICRAF, IITA, Intensification, Legumes, Maize, MAIZECRP, Malawi, MSU, poster, Southern Africa, Tanzania

No one size fits all! Lessons from legume–cereal rotations in smallholder farms

By Jonathan Odhong OnMay 1, 2017

Through its research-in-development work on legume–cereal rotations in Tanzania and Malawi, Africa RISING has established that these rotations work better for larger farms, while intercropping targeted at ...

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Africa, Animal Feeding, East Africa, Fodder, Forages, Gender, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, Livestock, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, poster, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Gender implications of introducing forage chopper machines in northern Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnApril 27, 2017

In 2015, livestock scientists implementing Africa RISING research-in-development activities (R-in-D) introduced forage chopper machines in seven villages in Babati District, northern Tanzania. One year later (in 2016), ...

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East Africa, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Trip Report, Zambia

The listening post: How Africa RISING technologies are improving farmers’ lives in Zambia and Malawi

By Jonathan Odhong OnApril 25, 2017

Farmers voices from Malawi and Zambia about how different Africa RISING technologies have touched their lives. These feedback from the grassroots were captured during the recent monitoring ...

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