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Africa RISING East and Southern Africa review and planning 2013 meeting: Integration drives agendas

By Ewen Le Borgne OnSeptember 15, 2013

Even in a program like Africa RISING, where Sustainable Intensification is at the heart of the approach, such key concepts should not be taken for granted. A ...

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Africa, CIP, Countries, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, ILRI, Intensification, Partners, Regions

Africa RISING uses IMPACT-Lite survey tool to document baseline data in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnSeptember 8, 2013

Africa RISING in the Ethiopian highlands in partnership with the International Potato Center (CIP) has been carrying out an on-farm research demonstration in all the eight Kebeles ...

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

Africa RISING initiates market and value chain studies in Ethiopia

By Simret Yasabu OnSeptember 6, 2013

Africa RISING’s research component (3) focuses on market value chains. The Ethiopia team working on these issues met this week to review the work plan for market ...

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Agroforestry, Climate change, East Africa, Ethiopia, Forestry, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, ICRAF, Intensification, Knowledge and Information, Research

Local knowledge the starting point for climate-resilient agriculture in Ethiopia – early win project brief

By Peter Ballantyne OnSeptember 2, 2013

Local knowledge is proving a valuable starting point in adapting Ethiopian farming systems to climate change and ensuring greater productivity to combat food insecurity. A new brief ...

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Africa, Agroforestry, Countries, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Forestry, HUMIDTROPICS, ICRAF, Intensification, Knowledge and Information, Trees

ICRAF team visit Africa RISING sites to assess progress on the local knowledge field work

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 30, 2013

In July, an ICRAF team comprising Aster Gebrekirstos (ICRAF scientist), Kiros Hadgu (ICRAF Ethiopia Country Representative) and Anne Kuria (ICRAF researcher) visited Lemu Woreda which contains two ...

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Africa, Agroforestry, Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Intensification, Pests, Research, Southern Africa, West Africa

Monitoring and assessing sustainable intensification – Accra meeting sets out ways forward

By Ewen Le Borgne OnAugust 27, 2013

Sustainable intensification (SI) is at the core of Africa RISING’s research agenda. It needs to demonstrate that sustainable intensification (SI) is a feasible way forward to achieve ...

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