Southern Africa

AVRDC, East Africa, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

From trainee to model farmer

Always eager to learn; farmer Pius Wilbard sharpened his vegetable production skills and increased his income in Tanzania's Karatu District.

By Africa RISING communications OnFebruary 5, 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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AVRDC, East Africa, Nutrition, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Vegetables

Youth proud to be part of a farming family

Pascal Erasto (19) and his sister Ana (16) have a different perspective. Their positive attitude towards vegetable production and utilization was influenced by their mother, Monica Pascal, who has worked as a farmer trainer in the Africa RISING project since 2013. ...

By Africa RISING communications OnJanuary 21, 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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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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CIMMYT, Climate change, Conservation agriculture, Crop Residues, Groundnuts, Intensification, Malawi, Pigeonpea, Southern Africa

Pulses, cobs and a healthy soil prove the success of a rural innovator

Long-term research on climate-smart agriculture in Malawi has improved the productivity, resilience and prospects of Mary Twaya, a single mother of three.

By Shiela Chikulo (CIMMYT) & Jerome Bossuet (CIMMYT) OnOctober 20, 2019

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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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Crop-Livestock, IITA, Intensification, Maize, MAIZECRP, nafaka, Postharvest, Scaling, Southern Africa, Tanzania

Adopting good agricultural practises was the game changer I needed!

Embracing good agricultural practices in lessons from the project has turned around the fortunes of Method Magoda, a 39-year-old farmer from Utengule Village in Kilolo District, Tanzania.

By Africa RISING communications OnJune 25, 2019

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