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Kenyan scientists release five new canning bean varieties after sixty-year wait
May 15, 2017 Editor 0
Speaking to the private sector players in the canning bean sector in Kenya one cannot fail to note their excitement… Phyllis Wanjiku, bean farmer from Bahati, Nakuru, Kenya. Her farm was one of the on field trial sites over the new canning bean varieties that were released in 2015. Beans is the most important source […]
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Dairy production systems and the adoption of genetic and breeding technologies in Tanzania, Kenya, India and Nicaragua
May 15, 2017 Editor 0
This paper characterizes dairy production systems in India, Tanzania, Kenya and Nicaragua, and describes the genetic and breeding technologies that hold promise for the advancement of global development goals. In all the countries, a large number of smallholder farmers operating mixed crop–livestock production systems play a significant role in dairy production. In Tanzania, Kenya and […]
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The listening post: How Africa RISING technologies are improving farmers’ lives in Zambia and Malawi
May 15, 2017 Editor 0
Farmers voices from Malawi and Zambia about how different Africa RISING technologies have touched their lives. This feedback and earnest reflections from the grassroots were captured during the recent monitoring visit by the leadership team of the IITA-led Africa RISING project in east and southern Africa. Click on the images and links below to read […]
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Value chain upgrading and inclusion of smallholders in markets: Role of multistakeholder processes in dairy development in Tanzania
May 15, 2017 Editor 0
Women members of the Ubiri village dairy innovation platform in Lushoto, Tanzania (photo: ILRI\Niels Teufel). Increasingly, value chain approaches are integrated with multistakeholder processes to facilitate inclusive innovation and value chain upgrading of smallholders. This pathway to smallholder integration into agri-food markets has received limited analysis. An analysis of this integration was carried out by […]
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Pushing back against fertilizer use myth in northern Tanzania
May 15, 2017 Editor 0
In Babati District, northern Tanzania, a popular but misleading myth persists. That use of inorganic fertilizer ‘kills’ the soil. As a result, for many years, majority of farmers in the district do not use fertilizer to replenish depleted soil nutrients. But, in the last five years, researchers in the Africa RISING program have invested significant resources and […]
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Innovation and R4D platforms in Africa RISING: questioning sustainability
April 11, 2017 Editor 0
During the first phase of the Africa RISING program (2012-2016) the three projects (West Africa, East and Southern Africa and the Ethiopian highlands) employed various way to learn, share and collaborate. One of the ways was to establish Innovation or R4D platforms at various levels. Though the names of the platforms varied, they were used […]
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