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In pictures: the 2019 Africa RISING Tanzania monitoring visit
August 30, 2019 Editor 0
The Africa RISING East and Southern Africa (ESA) project management team led by the project manager, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon; the ESA project chief scientist, Mateete Bekunda and implementing partners visited different project sites in Tanzania on 18–31 March. The three-day visit reviewed the ongoing implementation of project activities in Babati, Kiteto, Kongwa, Mbozi and Mbeya districts. […]
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Key take-aways from a recent Africa RISING exchange visit in Ghana
August 30, 2019 Editor 0
Themed exchange visits to strategically selected project sites have been used over the years within the Africa RISING program to promote cross-learning and experience sharing among partners implementing the program’s activities in different countries. On 17-21 June 2019, activity sites in northern Ghana hosted a delegation of 40 project partners from each of the three […]
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Research helps parents ‘give milk’ to improve nutrition and livelihoods in Rwanda
May 28, 2019 Editor 0
This blog was originally posted on the Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems website. by Judy Kimani, International Livestock Research Institute Gabura Amata Mubyeyi, translated from Kinyarwanda, means “Parents, Give Milk.” This phrase communicates one of the core messages resulting from an ongoing research project in Rwanda. Many parents and other farmers are learning how to […]
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Nurturing a network of policy analysts in Kenyan agriculture
May 28, 2019 Editor 0
A new initiative, dubbed ‘Nurturing a network of policy analysts for enhanced agricultural development and food and nutrition security in Kenya’ is seeking to empower scientists to be better translators of their research, with the aim of making agricultural policies and practices more science-based. Led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in collaboration with […]
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Africa RISING takes part in preseason agribusiness networking forum in Tamale, Ghana
May 28, 2019 Editor 0
Africa RISING partners at the 9th Annual Preseason Agribusiness Networking and Exhibition Forum in Tamale, northern Ghana (photo credit: Wilhelmina Ofori-Duah/IITA). Partners of the Africa RISING project in northern Ghana recently took part in the Annual Preseason Agribusiness Networking and Exhibition Forum. The event took place on 4 April 2019 in Ghana’s northern region capital […]
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Not just technology dissemination: the multiple dimensions of scaling initiatives of Africa RISING in sustainable intensification
May 28, 2019 Editor 0
Written by Million Gebreyes, Kindu Mekonnen, Peter Thorne, Abera Adie A word cloud of Africa RISING partners in Ethiopia (photo credit: authors). The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands operates in four regions of Ethiopia. The project, in the first phase, focused more on action research and implemented interventions in four woredas (districts) – […]
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