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Beans, Brief, CIAT, Conservation agriculture, IITA, Intensification, Maize, Malawi, Southern Africa

BRIEF FOCUS: Nutrient-rich beans for improved nutrition, incomes, and soil fertility

NUA 45 alias 'magic' bean is bio-fortified and provides valuable food and nutrition security for small-scale farmers and their families. It is rich in protein, iron, and zinc; improves soil fertility, and produces higher yields than local bean varieties.

By Africa RISING communications OnJuly 12, 2021

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Capacity strengthening, CIAT, Crops, East Africa, Ethiopia, ILRI, Intensification

Ethiopia partners apply digital solutions in on-farm experiments

Africa RISING builds the capacity of project staffs and local partners’ with new digital agricultural solutions to carry out participatory research effectively.

By Haimanot Seifu OnJuly 5, 2021

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CIAT, Crops, Fertilizer, Intensification, Legumes, Maize, Pigeonpea, Project, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Public and Private Partnerships improve smallholder farmer fortunes in Babati, Tanzania

In Bahati District, Tanzania, Improved crop performance and economic benefits demonstrated by application of fertilizers has helped to eliminate the farmers' initial fear of utilizing inorganic fertilizers.

By Africa RISING communications OnJune 15, 2021

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CIAT, Crop-Livestock, Extension, Forages, IITA, ILRI, Livestock, Mobile, Report, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Disseminating livestock extension information using text messages in Tanzania

A recent case study evaluating the effect of tailored short message service (SMS) sent to livestock farmers via the MWANGA platform has found that the messages had a positive impact on reducing key knowledge gaps among farmers in Tanzania.

By Africa RISING communications OnApril 19, 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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CIAT, East Africa, Ethiopia, ILRI, Soils, Water

Assessing the effects of land uses and water conservation on soil erosion in central Ethiopia

Africa RISING, one of the research-for-development projects in Ethiopia, is generating evidence to support Ethiopia's government watershed management initiatives across different agro-ecologies.

By Haimanot Seifu OnMarch 2, 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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CIAT, Crops, Extension, Maize, Malawi, Mobile, Presentation, Scaling, Southern Africa

Disseminating maize agronomy technologies using interactive voice response in Malawi–the opportunities and pitfalls

In 2018, the Africa RISING team in Malawi initiated a pilot activity to establish the efficacy of interactive voice response (IVR) in disseminating maize agronomy messages to farmers. This blog presents some of the lessons learnt so far from the activity.

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 12, 2020

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CIAT, Crop-Livestock, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, M&E, Maize, Malawi, Partners, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Filling the missing pieces: ESA partners set targets for collating sustainable intensification data

During the 2019 review and planning meeting held on 10-11 September, Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Project partners set their sights on consolidating systems research outputs from the project and getting the right measure of the sustainable intensification qualities of ...

By Africa RISING communications OnSeptember 27, 2019

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AVRDC, CIAT, CIMMYT, Crop-Livestock, ICRISAT, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, MAIZECRP, nafaka, SARI, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Trip Report

In pictures: the 2019 Africa RISING Tanzania monitoring visit

This is a collection of select photos taken during a recent monitoring visit to project sites in Tanzania. Have a look to see what Africa RISING has been up to in Tanzania lately.

By Africa RISING communications OnJuly 23, 2019

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