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East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Impact Assessment, Intensification, poster, Postharvest, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Economic evaluation of an improved grain storage technology in Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnJanuary 9, 2017

Insights from an economic evaluation of Africa RISING post-harvest technology (Purdue Improved Crop Storage bags) in Tanzania reveal how much farmers are benefitting by adopting the improved ...

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Ethiopia, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, IFPRI, Impact Assessment, Intensification, M&E, Mali, poster, Research, Tanzania

Monitoring and evaluation in systems research: Experience from Africa RISING

By Jonathan Odhong OnJanuary 6, 2017

This poster provides a self-reflective look at the key lessons and what it takes to operationalize a robust M&E framework for a complex systems research program like ...

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East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Maize, nafaka, poster, Rice, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Taking agricultural technologies to scale: The Africa RISING-NAFAKA partnership in Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnJanuary 4, 2017

In 2014, Africa RISING partnered with the USAID-funded NAFAKA project in Tanzania to scale-out best-bet technologies among smallholder farmers. Currently in its third year, the project, which ...

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Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, Innovation Systems, Intensification, poster, West Africa, WUR

Complex systems, simple solutions? Operationalizing diversity to understand technology adoption

By Jonathan Odhong OnDecember 29, 2016

Insights from the results of an evaluation of different Africa RISING technology packages per farm type and per region in Northern Ghana.

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East Africa, Geodata, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, nafaka, poster, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

GIS generated recommendation domains to scale improved crop varieties in Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnDecember 27, 2016

A geospatial framework for delineating recommendation domains for crop varieties which are part of the Africa RISING technology packages.

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Africa, East Africa, Fertilizer, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Maize, nafaka, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Improved agricultural technologies for improved livelihoods in Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnDecember 23, 2016

How switching to improved agricultural technologies like hybrid maize varieties and application of bladed fertilizers catalyzed a young female farmer’s dramatic rise from an off-season casual laborer ...

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