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Ethiopia learning alliance to support sustainable agricultural intensification
July 23, 2017 Editor 0
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently launched a National Learning Alliance (NLA) for the Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research Learning Alliance (SAIRLA) project in Ethiopia. The SAIRLA project is a five-year (2015–2020) initiative funded by the UK Department of International Development that is seeking to generate new evidence and design tools to enable governments, investors […]
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Livestock key to ending poverty and hunger in developing countries
July 23, 2017 Editor 0
A child holds a newly born family lamb in Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI\Zerihun Sewunet). At a recently held high-level United Nations meeting , several events on poverty and hunger featured the importance of livestock. ‘The key message of these sessions is that livestock’s potential for bolstering development lies in the sheer number of rural people who already […]
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4 Best Practices for Responsible Data in Agriculture
July 18, 2017 Editor 0
The agriculture sector is creating increasing amounts of data, from many different sources. From tractors equipped with GPS tracking, to open data released by government ministries, data is becoming ever more valuable, as agricultural business development and global food policy decisions are being made based upon data. But the sector is also home to severe […]
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11 Cost-Effective Uses of Drones in ICT for Agriculture
July 12, 2017 Editor 0
In February CRS, in collaboration with NetHope, flew a drone, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), over cashew farms in central Benin. Just from a first look at the images we could see immediately that there were several issues the farmers needed to address. We could see where there is space available to plant more trees […]
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Uber for Tractors is Really a Thing in Developing Countries
July 3, 2017 Editor 0
You’ve probably taken an Uber, Lyft, or Grab Taxi. You may have used AirBnb. You could’ve even used Task Rabbit. I know I have. I’ve taken Uber in India, Kenya, and the Philippines, and found it to be easier and more transparent than taxis in all three countries, and Airbnb is now my go-to for […]
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Diversifying agricultural production and improving diets in Malawi
July 3, 2017 Editor 0
While advances in agricultural technologies have helped improve productivity over the last several decades, achieving sustainable nutrition security remains more elusive. In light of this, CGIAR initiated a research program—Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)—to ensure that successes in agriculture translate into better human nutrition and health. Improved agricultural innovations that boost the productivity and […]
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