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Agroforestry, CIAT, Crops, DRYLANDSCRP, East Africa, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Malawi, NRM, Research, Soils, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Water, Zambia

Cataloguing tested crop, soil, and water management options in Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia

By Ewen Le Borgne OnNovember 29, 2012

Various organizations have developed and promoted many practices aimed at improving yields, and managing water and soil at the farm level. Which of these have farmers really ...

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Crops, HUMIDTROPICS, Malawi, NRM, Nutrition, Soils, Southern Africa

Africa RISING early win project in Malawi: Expanding no-till agriculture to increase income and diversify diets

By Ewen Le Borgne OnNovember 22, 2012

Conservation agriculture, which involves minimum tillage of the land and retaining crop residues on the land, has proven useful for increasing yield and at the same time ...

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AVRDC, Crops, Drylands, DRYLANDSCRP, ICRISAT, Intensification, Mali, Nutrition, Research, West Africa

Intensification durable de l’agriculture pour l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle dans le cercle Koutiala, Mali

By Ewen Le Borgne OnNovember 15, 2012

Le Mali s’est engagé dans un programme de sécurité alimentaire nationale (PNSA) qui couvre la période 2008 – 2017. Ce programme se justifie par les dernières années ...

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AfricaRice, AVRDC, CIAT, Crop-Livestock, Crops, Drylands, Ghana, HUMIDTROPICS, ICRAF, ICRISAT, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, IWMI, Mali, NRM, Research, SLS, Soils, Water, West Africa

Africa RISING year one in West Africa: Review over, planning done …

By Ewen Le Borgne OnNovember 9, 2012

The third Africa RISING review and planning workshop took place 23-25 October in Tamale, Ghana. The review of that first year helped develop an agenda for subsequent ...

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Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification

Africa RISING Ethiopia ‘early win’ project reports available

By Peter Ballantyne OnNovember 8, 2012

Year one of the program funded a series of ‘early win‘ projects in Ethiopia as well as East and Southern Africa. In October, five reports were produced ...

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Agroforestry, Animal Feeding, Crop-Livestock, Crops, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Malawi, Nutrition, Soils, Southern Africa

Sustainable intensification explained: How Rhoda Mang’Anya made it work in Malawi

By Ewen Le Borgne OnNovember 7, 2012

The story of Rhoda Mang’Anya, a farmer in Malawi, is one of the best examples of possible pathways to sustainable intensification. Although it is not a story ...

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