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

Africa RISING management team visits project sites in east and southern Africa

By Jonathan Odhong OnApril 25, 2017

The leadership team of the IITA-led Africa RISING project in east and southern Africa recently concluded monitoring visits to project sites in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania to ...

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Africa, Climate change, Ghana, ICRISAT, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Mali, NRM, poster, Research, Water, West Africa

Shallow wells cushion smallholders in Mali and Ghana from the effects of climate variability

By Jonathan Odhong OnApril 21, 2017

Africa RISING scientists from ICRISAT implemented a small scale pilot study in the semi-arid regions of southern Mali and northern Ghana to evaluate the impacts of climate ...

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Animal Feeding, East Africa, Ethiopia, Feeds, Fodder, ILRI, Intensification, Livestock, LIVESTOCKCRP, Lucerne, Oromia, SLS

Tree lucerne a promising animal feed option for Ethiopia farmers

By Simret Yasabu OnApril 10, 2017

Tree lucerne is a key supplementary feed for ruminant animals and is an important source of protein for animal fattening and milk production and can be mixed ...

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Ethiopia, Gender, ILRI, Intensification, LIVESTOCKCRP, Participation, PIL, Research, Scaling, Women

Integrating gender into Africa RISING scaling activities

By Simret Yasabu OnApril 6, 2017

Failing to take into account gender differences in needs, preferences, roles and responsibilities, access to and control of resources (such as labour, inputs, credit, and land), and ...

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Africa, East Africa, Extension, Innovation Systems, Intensification, Knowledge and Information, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Participation, Research, Southern Africa, West Africa

Innovation and R4D platforms in Africa RISING: questioning sustainability

By Simret Yasabu OnApril 3, 2017

During the first phase of the Africa RISING program (2012-2016) the three projects set up innovation and R4D platforms to support learning, sharing collaboration and joint actions. ...

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Ghana, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Mali, Presentation

In pictures: Africa RISING West Africa review and planning meeting 2017

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 2, 2017

Africa RISING West Africa project partners recently took part in the 2017 review and planning meeting, which reviewed phase I outputs, achievements and lessons learnt, discuss phase ...

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