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Crop-Livestock, Crops, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Postharvest, Tanzania

Post-harvest food losses in a maize-based farming system of semi-arid savannah area of Tanzania

By Simret Yasabu OnOctober 10, 2014

An assessment of post-harvest handling practices and food losses in a maize-based farming system in semi-arid areas of Central and Northern Tanzania was carried out in 2012.

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HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification

Measuring the ‘sustainable’ in sustainable intensification – indicators needed!

By Simret Yasabu OnOctober 9, 2014

How do we know if our interventions are indeed sustainable? Peter Thorne, Africa RISING coordinator in Ethiopia, suggest this is one of the trickiest questions we face ...

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Aflatoxins, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Food safety, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Postharvest, Research, Tanzania

High levels of mycotoxins detected in Babati pose health risk to human and livestock health in Tanzania

By Catherine Njuguna OnOctober 6, 2014

Communities in Tanzania and the region could unknowingly be exposing themselves to potential health problems as a result of consuming foods that are contaminated with high levels ...

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

Fodder and feed, a key to sustainable intensification of crop livestock system in Babati, Tanzania

By Catherine Njuguna OnOctober 6, 2014

Farmers lack of information on fodder, feeds and feeding; inadequate availability of feeds in terms of quantity and quality especially during the dry season; and ...

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Knowledge and Information, Southern Africa

Africa RISING’s integrated technologies doubling smallholder farmers’ yields in East and Southern Africa

By Catherine Njuguna OnOctober 5, 2014

The Africa RISING program, now in its third year, has made significant progress in getting the different researchers from different backgrounds and institutions to work together in ...

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CIAT, Crop-Livestock, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Value Chains

Africa RISING value chain report validation workshop underway in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnOctober 3, 2014

A two week value chain report validation workshop is underway at the ILRI campu in Addis Ababa. The workshop is jointly organized by CIAT and the Africa ...

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