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Africa, Crop-Livestock, Crops, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Maize, Research, West Africa

Intensifying maize production in integrated crop-livestock farming systems in northern Ghana

By Jonathan Odhong OnSeptember 21, 2015

An Africa RISING research brief explains the effect of sheep and goat stocking density (SSD) on grain yield and soil properties in small-scale mixed farming systems.

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Africa, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Livestock, Pigs, Research, West Africa

Rural pig rearing survey unlocks intensification pathways in northern Ghana

By Jonathan Odhong OnSeptember 17, 2015

Researchers from the University for Development Studies and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology conducted a baseline survey to identify key factors that affect pig ...

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DRYLANDSCRP, Geodata, ICRISAT, IITA, Mali, NRM, West Africa

New Africa RISING geospatial maps show cropping patterns and land use changes in Mali

By Jonathan Odhong OnSeptember 16, 2015

Africa RISING and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) geospatial unit in India have developed land use maps of Africa RISING project intervention sites ...

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CIMMYT, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, Kenya, Maize, Tanzania

No retreat, no surrender: Scientists pledge to step up search for solution to MLN in East Africa

By Jonathan Odhong OnSeptember 15, 2015

Researchers say they are close to a breakthrough in developing maize lethal necrosis (MLN) tolerant maize varieties, that will help farmers in East Africa successfully fight the ...

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CIAT, East Africa, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, Interview, NRM, Soils, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Water, West Africa

RISING voices: Fred Kizito, senior scientist (CIAT)

By Ewen Le Borgne OnSeptember 14, 2015

Fred Kizito, senior scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), introduces himself and his work with the program.

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Africa, Cowpea, Crops, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Maize, Research, West Africa

Productivity of hybrid maize-cowpea cropping systems in northern Ghana

By Jonathan Odhong OnSeptember 11, 2015

Productivity of hybrid and open-pollinated maize grown in association with erect and spreading cowpea types was evaluated on-farm in Africa RISING intervention communities in northern Ghana.

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