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Using theory of change for outcome-oriented research
June 16, 2020 Editor 0
Research plays a key role in identifying challenges and opportunities that can be used to spur development in the livestock sector. Therefore, in conducting research one of the core objectives is to ensure it makes significant contribution towards improving livelihoods. Summary of Maziwa Zaidi change pathway. Given that there are many priorities competing for stakeholder […]
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Africa RISING partners publish soil fertility management guidebook
June 14, 2020 Editor 0
Africa RISING project partners in Tanzania led by Job Kihara, Peter Bolo and Michael Kinyua (of the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Centre of Tropical Agriculture[CIAT]) have published a reference booklet for extension agents on good agricultural management practices. The new publication draws on the authors’ scientific data, interactions and observations while implementing […]
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ILRI develops framework for integrating gender in livestock genetic improvement programs
April 14, 2020 Editor 0
Woman herding goats in Nagar Village, Tonk District, Rajasthan, India (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Livestock genetic improvement programs help farmers to enhance their productivity through improved breeds. But research shows that men and women farmers use and interact with livestock in different ways based on their gender. For instance, women and men make different decisions […]
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External Review Team visit to Africa RISING sites in Malawi and Tanzania – a photo report
April 3, 2020 Editor 0
In mid-July 2019, the Africa RISING Program Coordination Team (PCT) commissioned an external review of the 3 regional Africa RISING projects in West Africa, the Ethiopian Highlands and in East and Southern Africa. The goal of the external review was to evaluate the program’s organizational structure; data management; monitoring, evaluation and learning; research and development […]
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WorldVeg and Africa RISING serve up an exciting improved vegetables exhibition at the Tanzania Agribusiness Forum 2020
March 30, 2020 Editor 0
WorldVeg-Africa RISING exhibition stand at the Tanzania Agribusiness Forum 2020 (photo credit: Inviolate Mosha/WorldVeg). Improved vegetable technologies validated through the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg)–Africa RISING collaboration were the centre of attraction at the first-ever Tanzania Agribusiness Forum 2020 event held on 27–28 February at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC) in Dar es Salaam, […]
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Most smallholders diversify crops by default, why governments should always consider this in policy
March 13, 2020 Editor 0
A recent study by Africa RISING in northern Ghana is calling for agricultural policies that are conducive for crop diversification as a means of easing smallholder farmers’ market participation. The study was published in the January 2020 issue of the World Development journal by researchers Mauricio Bellon of Mexico’s National Commission for the Knowledge and […]
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