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Africa RISING farming technologies reach 60,000 households in Ethiopia
May 27, 2018 Editor 0
The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands has reached over 60,000 beneficiaries in the first year of the project’s second phase. In a recent interview with the Ethiopian Herald newspaper, Kindu Mekonnen, senior scientist with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the project’s coordinator in Ethiopia, said that the project has reached more than […]
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How Africa RISING interventions affecting production diversity and dietary quality
July 28, 2017 Editor 0
Addressing shortage of micro-nutrients in the diet, which is referred to as ‘hidden hunger’, is becoming an increasingly important goal in the human development agenda. The three regions in northern Ghana where Africa RISING intervened cover 40% of the nation’s land mass and have the highest poverty rate in the country. Smallholder farmers constitute a majority of the […]
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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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Connecting research-in-development dots and investing in dynamic scaling pathways – Africa RISING phase2 kicks off with science for impact event
February 18, 2017 Editor 0
Approximately 80 people from different organizations and partners in agricultural research and development gathered in Dar es Salaam last month to participate in the Africa RISING science for impact event. The meeting also doubled-up as a ‘soft’ launch event for the second 5 year phase of the USAID – funded Africa RISING program. Quite fittingly, […]
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What you need to know about Africa RISING farm typology work
May 2, 2016 Editor 0
Sara Signorelli of IFPRI (left) and Mirja Michalscheck of Wageningen University (photo credit: IITA/Jonathan Odhong’). Africa RISING is testing alternative technology options with heterogeneous populations of farmers who are likely respond to new technologies differently. The identification of different farmers’ types within the program is crucial to achieving the program’s sustainable intensification and development goals. In this interview, Mirja […]
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Africa RISING Ethiopia reviews progress and plans for 2016 and beyond
March 24, 2016 Editor 0
Earlier this month, the Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian highlands organised its annual review and planning meeting. On the agenda: Reviewing progress in 2015, discussing future plans. Around 60 participants representing CGIAR partners, national and local government representatives, NGOs, universities and the private sector attended. Welcoming the participants, Siboniso Moyo, ILRI Director General’s Representative […]
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