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Talking soil: Farmers voices

By Simret Yasabu OnMay 29, 2015

Small scale farmers are the guardians of 80 per cent of the world’s farmland. If we are to resolve the global soil crisis, they must be at ...

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AVRDC, CIAT, East Africa, Extension, Gender, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Interview, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Elda Mmary: Helping Tanzania smallholders make smart farming choices against the odds

By Jonathan Odhong OnMay 21, 2015

Elda Mmary, a female extension officer talks about her work with smallholder farmers on the Africa RISING project in Babati District, Tanzania.

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East Africa, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, NRM, Southern Africa, Water

Three lessons from an Africa RISING cross-learning visit to Ethiopia

By Jonathan Odhong OnMay 20, 2015

Scientists involved in the Africa RISING project share three key lessons learnt from a recent cross-learning visit to the Ethiopian highlands on landscape and watershed management.

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CIAT, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Irrigation, NRM, Research, Tanzania, Water

Strategic management of natural resources: A watery perspective

By Jonathan Odhong OnMay 15, 2015

In northern Tanzania, failed rains and drying streams mean the main source of livelihood – agriculture – is under serious threat. In a bid to buffer smallholder ...

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Animal Feeding, CIAT, Crop-Livestock, Dairying, East Africa, Feeds, Fodder, Forages, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Intensification, Participation, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Facilitating participatory research: Scientists train farmers and extension officers in Babati-Tanzania on forage data collection

By Jonathan Odhong OnMay 13, 2015

Farmers and extension agents from Babati District in Tanzania took part in a training, held on 20 April 2015, by Africa RISING scientists from the International Livestock ...

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East Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, ICRISAT, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, Malawi, Mali, NRM, Southern Africa, Tanzania, West Africa, Zambia

Africa RISING Ethiopia hosts cross-country learning exchange

By Simret Yasabu OnMay 5, 2015

In April, twenty five scientists from the different Africa RISING projects visited Ethiopia as part of a learning exchange.

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