Africa

Africa, Animal Feeding, Ethiopia, Fodder, ILRI, Livestock, Research

Improved troughs are reducing feed wastage in Ethiopia

Postharvest feed loss and poor utilization practices contribute greatly to feed scarcity in Ethiopia. The Africa RISING in Ethiopia project has introduced affordable feeding trough technologies to minimize feed wastage.

By Haimanot Seifu OnJune 15, 2022

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Africa, Islands of Peace, Scaling, Tanzania

Tanzania’s agriculture minister lauds achievements of five-year technology scaling program backstopped by Africa RISING

Tanzania’s agriculture minister lauds achievements of five-year technology scaling program backstopped by Africa RISING.

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 18, 2022

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Africa, Animal Feeding, East Africa, Ethiopia, Fodder, Forages, ILRI, Livestock

Bridging the livestock feed gap through improved feed and forage options

The Africa RISING validated feed and forage technologies in Ethiopia have bridge the livestock feed gaps.

By Haimanot Seifu OnSeptember 15, 2021

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Africa, IITA, Mobile, MSU, Soils

Improving soil carbon measurements to empower African smallholders

Researchers test new, inexpensive device to provide critical information about soil carbon levels and what it does to crop yields.

By Africa RISING communications OnAugust 25, 2021

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Africa, CIAT, Fertilizer, Soils, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Africa RISING partners publish soil fertility management guidebook

Africa RISING partners in Tanzania have published a soil fertility management guidebook.

By Africa RISING communications OnJune 14, 2020

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Africa, CIMMYT, Climate change, Conservation agriculture, Crop-Livestock, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Presentation, Southern Africa, Zambia

Conservation agriculture is helping farmers adapt to climate change: lessons from southern Africa

In the face of climate change, smallholder farmers need to adopt climate-resilient interventions to minimize their vulnerability. Conservation agriculture offers the farmers a lifeline. Here is how.

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 29, 2020

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Africa, AVRDC, CIAT, Crops, Irrigation, Presentation, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

Automated irrigation as a game-changer for farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Is it enough?

In the outskirts of Tanzania’s peri-urban Babati town, Africa RISING worked with farmers to validate a bundled 'smart irrigation' technology that includes improved vegetable varieties (tomatoes and sweet pepper), an automated irrigation kit (to save on scarce water and labour), and ...

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 26, 2020

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Africa, Capacity strengthening, Gender, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, Impact Assessment, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Women

New Africa RISING training manual for building capacity in gender-sensitive research

New manual by Africa RISING offers guidance on gender mainstreaming capacity building for agricultural researchers.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 15, 2019

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Creating space for multi-stakeholder engagement for sustainable agricultural intensification

The third International Learning Alliance (ILA) for sustainable intensification meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, in July 2018, opened up the space for a multi-stakeholder engagement and process in sustainable agricultural intensification to flourish.

By Simret Yasabu OnJanuary 3, 2019

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Africa RISING Phase I—what it took, what it gave, our proudest achievements

Through the voices of seven Africa RISING implementing partners from Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Tanzania and Zambia; we get insights about what it took to implement Africa RISING phase I in different contexts and countries, what the first phase of the program ...

By Jonathan Odhong OnJune 6, 2018

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