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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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Anecdotes of sustainable intensification (video)

This seven-minute video showcases how Africa RISING project interventions are improving the lives of farmers in northern Ghana.

By Jonathan Odhong OnApril 30, 2019

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Technologies that transform: A look at select Africa RISING interventions in Babati District, Tanzania

Africa RISING is implementing action research with farmers in Babati District, Tanzania to validate several technologies that are set to significantly improve farmer livelihoods. Here is a look at summaries of some of these technologies and how they work.

By Jonathan Odhong OnFebruary 21, 2018

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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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Pushing back against fertilizer use myth in northern Tanzania

In Babati District, northern Tanzania, a popular but misleading myth persists. That use of inorganic fertilizer 'kills' the soil. For several years, majority of farmers in the district have desisted from use of fertilizer to replenish depleted soil nutrients. Africa RISING ...

By Jonathan Odhong OnMay 3, 2017

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Preventing and mitigating the effects of enset wilt in Ethiopia

Enset (Enset ventricosum also known as ‘false banana’) is a source of food, cash, animal feed, medicine, sources of fuel wood and other products and services for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.

By Simret Yasabu OnOctober 2, 2015

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Nine briefs in four days: Africa RISING Ethiopia documents products and evidence

The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands recently organized a writeshop (4-7 August 2015) to help researchers document results and findings for wider application.

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 31, 2015

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Participatory research proves effective in changing farmers misconception on fertilizers in Tanzania

The strongly held but wrong perception among farmers in Babati District that use of mineral fertilizers destroys the soil is a major cause of the low crop yield in the district.

By Catherine Njuguna OnOctober 13, 2014

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Climbing beans doubling yields in Tanzania

Climbing beans are turning out to be one of the winning innovations being introduced by Africa RISING in Babati district, Tanzania. The beans have tendrils which coil around supporting stakes or strings and can grow as high as 2 meters tall ...

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 12, 2013

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