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East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Tanzania

Africa RISING research trials yield impressive options for boosting smallholder farm profitability in Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnOctober 10, 2015

Results from a cost-benefit-analysis of Africa RISING technologies in Tanzania show that almost all of the technologies being tested by the project are better than the base ...

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East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Interview

RISING voices: Victor Manyong, chair Africa RISING ESA steering committee and director for IITA Eastern Africa Hub

By Catherine Njuguna OnOctober 9, 2015

Victor Manyong, is the Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project Steering Committee Chair. He is also the Director for Eastern Africa and Leader of the social ...

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CIMMYT, DRYLANDSCRP, IITA, Intensification, Interview, Southern Africa, Zambia

Interview with Brian Martalus, Feed the Future Coordinator, USAID Zambia

By Jonathan Odhong OnOctober 8, 2015

I love the fact that Africa RISING is shifting gears from research into technology transfer to farmers: an interview with Brian Martalus, Feed the Future Coordinator, USAID ...

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East Africa, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, ILRIComms, Intensification, Knowledge and Information, Social Learning

Africa RISING-Ethiopia case winner of USAID ‘collaborating, learning, and adapting’ competition

By Simret Yasabu OnOctober 8, 2015

The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia has been selected as one of five winners of the USAID Collaboration Learning and Adoption case competition.

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Brief, CIP, East Africa, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Intensification, Nutrition, SLS

Pathways to improved nutrition in the Ethiopian highlands: Policy and institutional issues

By Simret Yasabu OnOctober 7, 2015

Despite encouraging progress in strengthening nutrition policies and improving nutritional outcomes, under-nutrition remains a significant public health problem in Ethiopia; in 2014, stunting, wasting and underweight of ...

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Brief, CIP, East Africa, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Intensification, Nutrition, SLS

Pathways to improved nutrition in the Ethiopian highlands: Do agricultural production systems address nutrition?

By Simret Yasabu OnOctober 7, 2015

The food production system is an important part of nutrition; it includes the production, availability, access and desirability of food. It largely determines traditional consumption practices and ...

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