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Africa RISING: Update on Eastern and Southern Africa project

By Peter Ballantyne OnJuly 2, 2012

Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Africa RISING Project Coordinator at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture writes: I would like to give you an update on the status of the ...

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Crop-Livestock, Crops, East Africa, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ICARDA, Intensification

Africa RISING pulse project holds inception workshop in the Bale highlands of Ethiopia

By Tsehay Gashaw OnJune 20, 2012

On 31 May 2012, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Sinana Agricultural Research Center (SARC) hosted an inception workshop for ...

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

Africa RISING: Update on West Africa project

By Peter Ballantyne OnJune 13, 2012

Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, Africa RISING Project Coordinator at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture writes: I would like to give you an update on the status of the ...

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AVRDC, HUMIDTROPICS, Research, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Africa RISING initiative to ensure safe vegetables in Tanzania launched

By Peter Ballantyne OnJune 6, 2012

From May 10-12, a project was launched in Morogoro (Tanzania) to determine the prevalence of harmful vegetable contaminants in Tanzania. For the first time ever, researchers will ...

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Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, IITA

Mateete Bekunda joins IITA to work on Africa RISING

By Peter Ballantyne OnJune 5, 2012

Dr. Mateete Bekunda has joined IITA as a Consultant Systems Agronomist for the USAID funded project on Sustainable Intensification of Key African Farming Systems. His more than ...

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Agroforestry, East Africa, Ethiopia, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, ICRAF, Intensification, Research, Trees

Africa RISING trainees to document local knowledge on trees and farms in Ethiopia

By Peter Ballantyne OnJune 5, 2012

In June 2012, the ICRAF-led early win project on ‘Sustainable tree-crop-livestock intensification as a pillar for the Ethiopian climate resilient green economy initiative‘ will hold a training ...

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