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Crop-Livestock, Event, Field Day, Ghana, IITA, Maize, MAIZECRP, Mali, West Africa

Photo report: West Africa project partners cap off 2020 with farmers field day events in Northern Ghana and Southern Mali

By Africa RISING communications OnDecember 11, 2020

Best highlight photos from the end of 2020 farmer field day events organized by Africa RISING project partners in Ghana and Mali.

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Ethiopia, Event, Faba bean, Field Day, ILRI, Legumes, Tigray

Africa RISING Ethiopian Highlands project holds first field day since March

By Haimanot Seifu OnNovember 27, 2020

Africa RISING organized the first field day in Ethiopia since March, when COVID-19 related restrictions were introduced. At the event in Tigray, participants and stakeholders reviewed project ...

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Fruit, Gender, IITA, MAIZECRP, Research, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Value Chains, Vegetables, Women

The gender equity gap: an inside look at the vegetable producers and traders in northern and central Tanzania

By Africa RISING communications OnOctober 21, 2020

Horticulture is one of the fastest growing subsectors of agriculture in Tanzania with vegetables increasingly produced as cash crops. A recent study published in the European Journal ...

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Climate change, Drylands, ICRISAT, MAIZECRP, Mali, WLE

How contour bunding and other technologies can reduce soil erosion and raise productivity in African watersheds

By Africa RISING communications OnOctober 14, 2020

Constructing contour bunding helps to retain soil and nutrients, reduce land degradation and increase crop productivity. Significantly, implementing contour bunding reduces soil loss by 163%, and the ...

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, ICARDA, ILRI, Scaling, Wheat

Improved wheat varieties yield a positive outlook for farmers in Ethiopia

By Haimanot Seifu OnSeptember 30, 2020

New disease-tolerant wheat varieties introduced to farmers by Africa RISING are boosting productivity and enhancing food security for Ethiopia's households.

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Capacity strengthening, East Africa, Fertilizer, ICRAF, IITA, Soils, Tanzania, Uncategorized

Need to help farmers address declining soil fertility inspires young researcher to develop microdosing machine

By Africa RISING communications OnAugust 27, 2020

Twenty-seven-year-old Tanzanian, Lilian Richard, has her sights set on giving smallholder farmers technological solutions to address declining soil fertility. This Master of Science in soil science degree ...

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