Malawi

Crop-Livestock, East Africa, IITA, Intensification, Malawi, Report, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Zambia

Africa RISING launches handbook of validated farming technologies from 11-years’ of research in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia

The Africa RISING East and Southern Africa (ESA) project has launched the ‘Sustainable agricultural intensification: A handbook for practitioners in east and southern Africa’ for extension service providers, practitioners, development partners and policymakers working to deliver improved technologies to smallholder farmers ...

By Africa RISING communications OnSeptember 5, 2022

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East Africa, IITA, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia

Africa RISING ESA partners make plans to shore up project’s sustainable intensification legacy at 10th review and planning meeting

At least 300,000 farmers have been reached by Africa RISING project technologies.

By Africa RISING communications OnNovember 17, 2021

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Brief, CIMMYT, Conservation agriculture, IITA, Intensification, Maize, Malawi, Southern Africa, Zambia

BRIEF FOCUS: Animal traction-based maize–legume conservation agriculture

Conservation agriculture (CA) is a promising technology for supporting sustainable increases in productivity. It helps farmers achieve more reliable and often higher yields while reducing production costs, increases dietary diversity, improves soil structure and fertility, maximizes nutrient and water-use efficiency, and ...

By Africa RISING communications OnOctober 27, 2021

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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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Brief, CIMMYT, Conservation agriculture, IITA, Intensification, Maize, Malawi, Southern Africa, Zambia

BRIEF FOCUS: Conservation agriculture in maize-legume systems

Conservation agriculture (CA) is a promising technology for supporting sustainable increases in productivity. It helps farmers achieve more reliable and often higher yields while reducing production costs, increases dietary diversity, improves soil structure and fertility, maximizes nutrient and water-use efficiency, and ...

By Jonathan Odhong OnJune 7, 2021

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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, IITA, Intensification, MAIZECRP, Malawi, Mali, Report, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Africa RISING Annual Progress Report 2018 – 2019 now available

This Sept 2018 – Oct 2019 highlights important milestones and achievements in monitoring and evaluation and learning, capacity building, collaborations with development partners, and Africa RISING's knowledge outputs during the period.

By Africa RISING communications OnJuly 6, 2020

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Ethiopia, Ghana, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, Impact Assessment, Malawi, Mali, Report, Tanzania, Zambia

External review of the Africa RISING program concludes

The Africa RISING external review has been finalized and a report presented to the Program Coordination Team for action.

By Africa RISING communications OnApril 22, 2020

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Crop-Livestock, Malawi, PCT, Tanzania

External Review Team visit to Africa RISING sites in Malawi and Tanzania – a photo report

Photo report of a visit by Africa RISING external reviewers to project sites in Malawi and Tanzania.

By Africa RISING communications OnApril 3, 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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Crop-Livestock, East Africa, Ethiopia, Groundnuts, ILRI, Intensification, Malawi, MSU, Presentation, Southern Africa

Sustainable intensification: Is a systems perspective essential for integrated crop-livestock systems?

Intensification of production can take many forms, for example, the one that underpinned the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s helped humanity keep food production at pace with population growth. However, the present context has changed and ensuring sustainability is ...

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 16, 2020

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