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Africa RISING takes part in preseason agribusiness networking forum in Tamale, Ghana

Partners of the Africa RISING project in northern Ghana recently took part in the Annual Preseason Agribusiness Networking and Exhibition Forum. The event took place on 4 April in Ghana’s northern region capital of Tamale, bringing together about 300 participants including ...

By wilhelminaduah OnApril 26, 2019

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Lessons on using evidence for policymaking from an Evidence to Action conference

In this blog, Million Gebreyes reflects on experiences from an Evidence to Action conference organized by the International Centre for Evaluation and Development in Nairobi, Kenya in July 2018.

By Simret Yasabu OnJanuary 3, 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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Agricultural Extension and Participatory Approaches –co-existence approaches in the agricultural advisory service approaches

Million Getnet Gebreyes works at ILRI as a consultant. He is the National Learning facilitator for SAIRLA- NLA in Ethiopia and Innovation Platform facilitator for Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands. Recently (June 30- July 8, 2018), he was at ...

By Simret Yasabu OnJanuary 3, 2019

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Ethiopia sustainable agriculture intensification alliance holds third meeting

On 27 June 2018, 55 members of the National Learning Alliance (NLA) of the SAIRLA project in Ethiopia met at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa to discuss ways of enhancing understanding of sustainable agricultural intensification among NLA ...

By Simret Yasabu OnSeptember 21, 2018

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Lessons from Tanzania on the benefits of collaboration in Africa RISING

Recent field visits in Tanzania shared experiences and strengthened project collaborations across the three Africa RISING projects (Ethiopian Highlands, East and Southern Africa, and West Africa). Kindu Mekonnen, chief scientist in the Africa RISING project in Ethiopia, reflects on the visits. ...

By Simret Yasabu OnApril 11, 2018

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Which ones did you read and download?Africa RISING’s most popular online products and resources in 2017

As the curtain falls on 2017; here at Africa RISING we can only look back and say, "what a a great year"! Sure it was one heck of a roller coaster, but we enjoyed the ride. You our dear online followers, the ...

By Jonathan Odhong OnDecember 28, 2017

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Empowering agricultural extension agents to deliver improved farming technologies

The Africa RISING project team is taking improved technologies to scale targeting thousands of farmers beyond the communities where the validation was done. This wider focus is changing how the project team is going about the business of agricultural extension.

By Jonathan Odhong OnAugust 15, 2017

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Ethiopia learning alliance to support sustainable agricultural intensification

In March 2017, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) launched the National Learning Alliance (NLA) for the Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research Learning Alliance (SAIRLA) project in Ethiopia.

By Simret Yasabu OnJuly 19, 2017

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Innovation and R4D platforms in Africa RISING: questioning sustainability

During the first phase of the Africa RISING program (2012-2016) the three projects set up innovation and R4D platforms to support learning, sharing collaboration and joint actions. These experiences were critiqued at the recent program science for impact workshop to guide ...

By Simret Yasabu OnApril 3, 2017

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