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Photofilm documents establishment of innovation platforms in Lemo woreda in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnMarch 20, 2014

In February 2014, the Africa RISING team from Addis Ababa travelled to Lemo woreda with the aim of initiating Innovation platform at different levels.

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Animal Feeding, Ethiopia, ICARDA, ILRI, Intensification, LIVESTOCK-FISH

Feed assessment tool training organized by Africa RISING with Livestock and Fish program in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 24, 2014

Feed availability is a major constraint to increasing livestock productivity in Ethiopia. Introducing technologies is one of the most common ways that agricultural research and development organizations ...

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Crop-Livestock, Drylands, DRYLANDSCRP, Ghana, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Mali, Research, SLS, West Africa

Africa RISING reviews and plans its work in West Africa

By Ewen Le Borgne OnFebruary 17, 2014

Africa RISING’s 2013-2014 review and planning meeting for the West Africa region took place on 3 and 4 February 2014 in Bamako, Mali. The region’s steering committee ...

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HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI, Innovation Systems, Participation, Research, SLS

Challenges and opportunities in participatory agricultural research

By Peter Ballantyne OnFebruary 14, 2014

This post was drafted by Terry Clayton based on contributions by Beth Cullen (ILRI) at the Participatory Agricultural Research: Approaches, Design and Evaluation (PARADE) workshop held in ...

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CIAT, HUMIDTROPICS, Innovation Systems, Participation, Research

Participatory action research can add value to CGIAR’s agronomic research

By Peter Ballantyne OnFebruary 12, 2014

Agricultural research is still seen primarily as research in plant, animal and soil science that affects crop production. The social, economic, and political bases of crop production ...

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HUMIDTROPICS, Innovation Systems, Participation, Research

Theory key to gain wider acceptance of participatory agricultural research methods

By Peter Ballantyne OnFebruary 7, 2014

What must we do to gain wider acceptance of participatory agricultural research methods within the mainstream of the CGIAR system and beyond? Professor Paul Sillitoe (Department ...

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