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ICT and agriculture conference – take away messages for Africa RISING

By Simret Yasabu OnNovember 14, 2013

In early November, over 400 delegates gathered in Kigali to discuss advances in ICTs for agriculture. The conference had three streams focusing on: emerging innovations in ICTs ...

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DRYLANDSCRP, HUMIDTROPICS, IFPRI, Impact Assessment, Intensification

Monitoring and evaluation moved closer to the heart of Africa RISING

By Ewen Le Borgne OnNovember 12, 2013

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) has so far rather seemed like an add on to the Africa RISING program. Perhaps this was due to its being devolved to ...

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Amhara, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, ILRI, Impact Assessment, Intensification, Oromia, Research, SNNPR, Tigray

Africa RISING Ethiopia team reviews progress and plans

By Simret Yasabu OnNovember 6, 2013

The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands organized its review and planning meeting in Addis Ababa from 30th October to 1 November 2013. The meeting aimed ...

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Africa, DRYLANDSCRP, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Participation, Southern Africa, West Africa

A wealth of tools and approaches spotted at the Africa RISING learning event

By Ewen Le Borgne OnOctober 1, 2013

The recent Africa RISING program learning event (24-26 September 2013) revealed an incredible wealth of tools and approaches used across the program. The list includes: West Africa ...

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Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Intensification, Southern Africa, West Africa

Africa RISING learning event kicks off in Addis Ababa

By Simret Yasabu OnSeptember 25, 2013

On 24 September 2013, the first Africa RISING learning event kicked off at the ILRI campus in Ethiopia. The annual learning event aims to: facilitate learning  from ...

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Crop-Livestock, DRYLANDSCRP, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, ICRISAT, IITA, West Africa

Cross-regional perspectives on Africa RISING: West African scientists on progress in East and Southern Africa

By Ewen Le Borgne OnSeptember 20, 2013

During the recent East and Southern Africa review and planning meeting, team members from Africa RISING in West Africa joined the discussions. We asked Asamoah Larbi (IITA ...

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