LIVESTOCKCRP

Animal Feeding, Climate change, Crop Residues, Crop-Livestock, Feeds, Ghana, ILRI, Intensification, Livestock, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Small Ruminants, West Africa

Transforming crop residues into a precious feed resource for small ruminants in northern Ghana

Addressing the challenge of seasonal feed scarcity for small ruminants in northern Ghana using locally available crop residues such as groundnut haulms, rice straw, cassava peels and whole cottonseed.

By Africa RISING communications OnApril 9, 2021

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Crop-Livestock, Ghana, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Research, Trip Report, West Africa

Key take-aways from a recent Africa RISING exchange visit in Ghana

Photo report of highlights from a recent exchange visit to Africa RISING sites in northern Ghana from 17-21 June 2019.

By Africa RISING communications OnAugust 22, 2019

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Crop-Livestock, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, Intensification, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, PCT, poster, Presentation, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Zambia

Missed the Africa RISING Learning Event 2019? You can access all the material here

The Africa RISING Program Learning Event 2019 took place on 5–8 February in Malawi. Below is a list of links to the presentations, discussion and photos from the event.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 13, 2019

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Event, IITA, Intensification, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Southern Africa

Africa RISING Learning Event 2019 – participants reflections and takeaways

Partners from six Africa RISING project countries reflect on the Africa RISING Program Learning Event held on 5–8 February in Malawi.

By Africa RISING communications OnMarch 11, 2019

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Crop-Livestock, Ethiopia, Event, Ghana, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Mali, PCT, Tanzania, Trip Report, Zambia

Photo report on the Africa RISING Program Learning Event 2019

In more than a thousand words, this collection of elegant photos taken during the Africa RISING Program Learning Event provides a summary of how the whole meeting unfolded.

By Africa RISING communications OnMarch 8, 2019

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Event, IITA, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, PCT, Southern Africa

What’s in a name? Africa RISING partners aim for common understanding of terminologies

What do words like 'innovation', 'spillover', 'adoption', and 'technology' mean to you? At the Africa RISING Program Learning Event on 5-8 February 2019, implementing partners had a go at establishing common meanings to words that are frequently used within the program.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 8, 2019

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Crop-Livestock, Event, IITA, Interview, LIVESTOCKCRP, MAIZECRP, Malawi, PCT, Southern Africa

Operationalizing the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework: An interview with Vara Prasad

Vara Prasad, director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) talks about the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework, its applications, lessons learnt since it was unveiled and why it is the go-to tool for assessing systems research interventions.

By Jonathan Odhong OnMarch 5, 2019

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The value of systems research—reflections from Africa RISING partners

In this blog post, some of the key Africa RISING partners share their views on the value of a farming systems research approach and Africa RISING's contribution in this regard.

By Simret Yasabu OnJune 11, 2018

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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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Footprints of Africa RISING—looking back at achievements from Phase I (2011-2016)

The publication ‘Footprints of Africa RISING Phase I (2011-2016)’ tracks back the activities, outputs and outcomes of the first phase of the Africa RISING program.

By ILRI Communications OnJune 1, 2018

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