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Africa, Crops, Fertilizer, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Maize, NRM, Research, Soils, West Africa

Sustainable use of nitrogen fertilizer for intensive maize production in northern Ghana

By Jonathan Odhong OnAugust 28, 2015

Maize is an important cereal crop in Ghana, especially in the northern part where it is replacing sorghum and millet. High yielding, drought and Striga tolerant varieties ...

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Africa, Crop-Livestock, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Irrigation, IWMI, NRM, Research, Water, West Africa

Improving water productivity in crop-livestock farming systems in northern Ghana

By Jonathan Odhong OnAugust 26, 2015

Smallholder farmers in northern Ghana face a number of water-related challenges.

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

Rural poultry survey unlocks options for intensification in northern Ghana

By Jonathan Odhong OnAugust 24, 2015

Intensive or semi-intensive rearing of improved and unimproved stocks of chickens, guinea fowls, ducks, turkeys and pigeons in relatively small numbers for food (meat, eggs) and cash ...

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HUMIDTROPICS, IFPRI, Impact Assessment, Interview, Research, Staff

RISING voices: Apurba Shee, regional monitoring and evaluation coordinator (IFPRI)

By Ewen Le Borgne OnAugust 17, 2015

Apurba Shee, economist at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and regional M&E coordinator in the Africa RISING program, introduces himself and his work with the ...

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Agroforestry, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Fodder, HUMIDTROPICS, ICRAF, IITA, Intensification, NRM, Research, Soils, Tanzania, Trees, Women

Barking up the right tree: Multipurpose trees help Tanzania smallholders build a resilient farming system

By Jonathan Odhong OnAugust 12, 2015

Tanzania's smallholder farmers in erosion battered districts of Kongwa and Kiteto are reclaiming their land and in the process building a resilient farming system through agro-forestry interventions ...

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AfricaRice, AVRDC, CIMMYT, Crops, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, ICRAF, IITA, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

From research plots to farmer fields: Africa RISING – NAFAKA partners discuss scaling plans in Tanzania

By Jonathan Odhong OnJuly 31, 2015

Partners implementing activities under the Africa RISING – NAFAKA scaling project held their first annual review and planning meeting recently (8-10 July, 2015) in Dar es Salaam, ...

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