Trees

Animal Feeding, Ethiopia, Feeds, Fodder, Forages, ILRI, Intensification, Livestock, Lucerne, Research, Scaling, Trees

Tree lucerne: an affordable alternative livestock feed supplement for smallholders in Ethiopia

Africa RISING phase II is working closely with development partners, including offices of agriculture and livestock resources, in scaling tree lucerne fodder in the highland areas of Ethiopia.

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 14, 2019

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Growing multi-purpose trees to address forage gaps in Ethiopia

The sixth issue of Forages for the Future newsletter features the Africa RISING project's efforts in exploring new ways of integrating multi-purpose forages to increase the feed quantity and quality available for livestock in mixed crop-livestock farming systems in Ethiopia.

By Simret Yasabu OnMarch 1, 2018

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Africa RISING Ethiopia organized a training on apple and mango production in Tigray, Ethiopia

In the past few decades, apple farming in the Tigray highlands has expanded significantly since the introduction of apple trees to the region's woredas by the Tigray regional Office of Agriculture and non-governmental organizations. The fruit trees were introduced to diversify ...

By Simret Yasabu OnFebruary 15, 2018

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Beyond adoption – fruit farmers in Ethiopia are innovating with their Africa RISING technologies

The Africa RISING project in Ethiopia has been promoting improved high-value fruit trees, such as improved avocado and apple varieties. Take up has been good, but is constrained by technical issues as well as limited local seedling supplies. Farmers have ...

By Simret Yasabu OnDecember 7, 2016

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Intensifying with high value trees in Africa RISING Ethiopia – some reflections from the first phase

As I write this piece to share the progress of high value trees research protocol, several circumstances, mostly the first Africa RISING project inception meeting in 2012, crosses my mind. I joined the meeting representing my organization, the World Agroforestry Center ...

By Simret Yasabu OnNovember 7, 2016

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Barking up the right tree: Multipurpose trees help Tanzania smallholders build a resilient farming system

Tanzania's smallholder farmers in erosion battered districts of Kongwa and Kiteto are reclaiming their land and in the process building a resilient farming system through agro-forestry interventions introduced courtesy of the Africa RISING project.

By Jonathan Odhong OnAugust 12, 2015

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Apple tree management focus for training in three Africa RISING Ethiopia sites

In January and February this year, ICRAF and partners from the Africa RISING Ethiopia project ran training in apple tree management at three sites (Endamehoni, Sinana and Debre Berhan).

By Simret Yasabu OnApril 27, 2015

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A tale of two villages – how agroforestry transforms lives and landscapes in Ethiopia

Agroforestry can transform lives and landscapes. Trees and shrubs grown on farms provide fruit, timber, resins, fuelwood and livestock fodder. They also improve soil fertility, regulate water supplies and help farmers adapt to changing climatic conditions. Which begs the question: if ...

By Peter Ballantyne OnAugust 6, 2014

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ICRAF team visit Africa RISING sites to assess progress on the local knowledge field work

In July, an ICRAF team comprising Aster Gebrekirstos (ICRAF scientist), Kiros Hadgu (ICRAF Ethiopia Country Representative) and Anne Kuria (ICRAF researcher) visited Lemu Woreda which contains two of the eight Kebeles of the  Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian Highlands. The ...

By Simret Yasabu OnAugust 30, 2013

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Africa RISING early win project: Evergreen Agriculture to increase productivity and resilience of mixed farming systems in Tanzania and Malawi

Evergreen agriculture is a form of agroforestry that integrates trees with crops, maintaining a green cover on the land throughout the year.  It is one of the options to intensify agriculture to increase production and also provides environmental benefits including managing ...

By Ewen Le Borgne OnJanuary 12, 2013

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