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Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, IWMI, NRM, Research, Water, WLE

‘Quick Water’ early win project launches in Ethiopia

By Ewen Le Borgne OnMay 28, 2012

The Quick Water early win project “aims to review, test and provide a package of outputs that together will better define areas of priority where gains in ...

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AfricaRice, East Africa, Humid Tropics, HUMIDTROPICS, Intensification, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Weeds

AfroWeeds workshop: Building weed science capacities in Tanzania

By Ewen Le Borgne OnMay 21, 2012

On 10 May 2012, the Africa Rice Center and the Sokoine University of Agriculture organized a workshop in Morogoro, Tanzania, to kick-start the Early Win project on ‘Building local ...

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Crop-Livestock, Intensification

Sustainable intensification: A crucial revolution

By Peter Ballantyne OnMay 20, 2012

Feeding nine billion people in 2050 while at the same time conserving the environment – that’s the challenge facing global agriculture. Sustainable intensification is widely seen as ...

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Africa, Animal Feeding, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ICARDA, ILRI, Intensification

‘Quick feed’ fodder and feed early win project kicks off in Addis Ababa

By Peter Ballantyne OnMay 15, 2012

Last week, the International Livestock Research Institute hosted an inception workshop for the Africa-RISING ‘quick feed‘ project. Werner Stür, forages expert on the project, reflects on his ...

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Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ILRI

Africa-RISING in Ethiopia: ILRI is recruiting a project coordinator

By ILRI Communications OnApril 20, 2012

ILRI seeks to recruit a Project Coordinator to coordinate and manage the project (about 40% time) and provide scientific input into project implementation (about 60% time). Project ...

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Animal Feeding, Ethiopia, HUMIDTROPICS, ICARDA, ILRI, Research, SLS

Fodder and feed to drive sustainable intensification of crop livestock systems in the Ethiopia Highlands

By Peter Ballantyne OnApril 16, 2012

In 2012, Africa RISING funded an ‘early win’ project in Ethiopia led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Agricultural Research in ...

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