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Capacity strengthening, CIAT, Crops, East Africa, Ethiopia, ILRI, Intensification

Ethiopia partners apply digital solutions in on-farm experiments

By Haimanot Seifu OnJuly 5, 2021

Africa RISING builds the capacity of project staffs and local partners’ with new digital agricultural solutions to carry out participatory research effectively.

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CIAT, Crops, Fertilizer, Intensification, Legumes, Maize, Pigeonpea, Project, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Public and Private Partnerships improve smallholder farmer fortunes in Babati, Tanzania

By Africa RISING communications OnJune 15, 2021

In Bahati District, Tanzania, Improved crop performance and economic benefits demonstrated by application of fertilizers has helped to eliminate the farmers' initial fear of utilizing inorganic fertilizers. ...

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Brief, Crop-Livestock, Ghana, Groundnuts, IITA, Intensification, West Africa

BRIEF FOCUS: Optimal spacing for groundnuts in smallholder farming systems

By Jonathan Odhong OnJune 9, 2021

IIncreasing the planting density for groundnut generates multiple benefits by boosting yields of grain and fodder per unit area. It enhances soil fertility, improves water retention, and ...

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Brief, CIMMYT, Conservation agriculture, IITA, Intensification, Maize, Malawi, Southern Africa, Zambia

BRIEF FOCUS: Conservation agriculture in maize-legume systems

By Jonathan Odhong OnJune 7, 2021

Conservation agriculture (CA) is a promising technology for supporting sustainable increases in productivity. It helps farmers achieve more reliable and often higher yields while reducing production costs, ...

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Feeds, Forages, Livestock, Research, Scaling

Africa RISING publishes a livestock feed and forage production manual for Ethiopia

By Haimanot Seifu OnMay 7, 2021

Africa RISING has published a training manual on feed and forage development in Ethiopia. The new manual which will be used to train lead farmers and government ...

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CIAT, Crop-Livestock, Extension, Forages, IITA, ILRI, Livestock, Mobile, Report, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Disseminating livestock extension information using text messages in Tanzania

By Africa RISING communications OnApril 19, 2021

A recent case study evaluating the effect of tailored short message service (SMS) sent to livestock farmers via the MWANGA platform has found that the messages had ...

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