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Africa, Crops, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, West Africa

USAID and Africa RISING team visit project sites in Northern Ghana

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 15, 2013

Mid July 2013, a team from the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program and donor representatives visited project intervention sites in ...

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CIMMYT, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IFPRI, IITA, Intensification, Partners, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Project boosting productivity of farmers’ traditional mixed farming systems in Tanzania

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 14, 2013

“I like variety 5. The cob has many rows and the grains have filled the cob well. There are also two cobs on the maize stalk,” Esther ...

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Aflatoxins, Africa, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Regions, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Keeping deadly poison off key crops along the value chain in Tanzania

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 13, 2013

Increasing crop production does not always lead to more food and a healthier population. In some cases, the consumption of the crops and their products may instead ...

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CIAT, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Regions, SARI, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Climbing beans doubling yields in Tanzania

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 12, 2013

Climbing beans are turning out to be one of the winning innovations being introduced by Africa RISING in Babati district, Tanzania. The beans have tendrils which coil ...

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Africa, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, West Africa

Africa RISING sites in Ghana

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 11, 2013

The project areas in Ghana consist of three administrative regions in the north of the country—the Upper West, the Upper East, and the Northern regions. The whole ...

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Africa, Ghana, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA, Intensification, Regions, West Africa

Smallholder farmers in Ghana cite benefits from Africa RISING project

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 10, 2013

In a recent visit to project communities in northern Ghana, many farmers participating in field trials said that they are “thankful to Africa RISING for the many ...

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