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Improved postharvest technologies for food storage, processing and household...
In 2012, Africa RISING funded an ‘early win’ project in Tanzania led by the nternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvemnet Center (CIMMYT). The...
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Sustainable intensification and diversification of maize-based farming...
In 2012, Africa RISING funded an ‘early win’ project in Malawi led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). The project aims to provide pathways out of hunger and poverty for...
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Targeting research design to integrate technologies at farm scale
In 2012, Africa RISING funded an ‘early win’ project in Ethiopia led by the CGIAR Systemwide Livestock Programme, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Maize and...
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Conservation agriculture in Malawi: “We always have problems with rain here”
Earlier this year, Africa RISING funded an ‘early win’ project in Malawi led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). A news story from this project explains how smallholder...
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Africa RISING review and planning meetings scheduled for the final quarter of...
The Africa RISING project is now in full swing in the three regions – West Africa, Ethiopian Highlands and East and Southern Africa (ESA). In West Africa, a ‘fast track’ implementation work plan has...
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Participatory research for development in Africa RISING – an email exchange
Over the last few days, in relation with an upcoming final workshop for the ‘farm scale research design‘ early win project, an interesting e-mail exchange took place between Prof. Ken Giller of...
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Participatory agricultural research for development – whose participation,...
Compared with other Ethiopian Highland early win projects, the ’Research for Development‘ project focused on the research process so as to propose a flexible and generic approach to implement...
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Sustainable intensification and diversification of maize-based farming...
This Africa RISING supported project aims to analyze the impact of three agricultural production systems –conservation agriculture, continuous no-till maize and conventional tillage — on food...
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Project boosting productivity of farmers’ traditional mixed farming systems...
“I like variety 5. The cob has many rows and the grains have filled the cob well. There are also two cobs on the maize stalk,” Esther Liberati, 43-year-old farmer from Seloto village in Babati district...
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Africa RISING East and Southern Africa review and planning 2013 meeting:...
Even in a program like Africa RISING, where Sustainable Intensification is at the heart of the approach, such key concepts should not be taken for granted. A recent conference about ‘sustainable...
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Field visits to Africa RISING Ethiopia research sites in Endamehoni and...
Endamehoni and Basona Worena are two of the eight Africa RISING project woredas (districts) in the Ethiopian Highlands. The Africa RISING research teams visited these woredas on 28-29 July 2014...
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Using films to support large-scale training on Striga and soil fertility...
Members of a farming comunity in Sindalla Village, Mali during an evening video show on striga weed control by africarising For the past 40 years, scientists from international research organizations...
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Africa RISING – CSISA sustainable intensification project exchange
Demonstration of ILRI-led activities on basal diet chopping and mineral supplementation. Kindu Mekonnen and Peter Thorne from ILRI recently spent a week with colleagues from ther Africa RISING projects...
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A photo trip report from the Africa RISING – CSISA cross learning exchange
Technical leads of the Africa RISING project in West Africa, East and Southern Africa and Ethiopia took part in a cross learning exchange on sustainable intensification from 28 January to 4 February....
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Integration of Maize Lethal Necrosis disease management in crop-livestock...
At this week’s international conference on Integrated Systems Research for Sustainable Intensification in Smallholder Agriculture, Njeri Kimunye presented a poster reporting on research in Tanzania to...
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In pursuit of a solution for maize lethal necrosis disease in East Africa
Since its outbreak and rapid spread in 2011, maize lethal necrosis disease (MLND) has continued to wreak havoc in farmer’s fields across Tanzania and Kenya. The disease has clearly emerged as a big...
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Two-wheel (single axle) tractors introduced to power agriculture in the...
Learning from the experience of Asian countries such as Bangladesh, CIMMYT (the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) and its partners are testing small, inexpensive, and easy to maintain...
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The two-wheel tractor saves time and energy; it ploughs twice as fast as my oxen
Bedilu Desta , familiarizing himself with the two wheel tractor (Photo Credit: CIMMYT/Frédéric Baudron ) From 1-5 June, farmers from different Africa RISING sites were trained in using small two-wheel...
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I live near a river and will use the tractor to pump water to irrigate my land
Temam Mama during the practical training session (Photo credit: ILRI\Liya Dejene) From 1-5 June, farmers from different Africa RISING sites were trained in using small two-wheel multi-purpose tractors...
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Small-scale mechanization advancing farming systems to improve food,...
From 1-5 June, farmers from different Africa RISING sites were trained in using small two-wheel multi-purpose tractors as part of an Africa RISING project led by CIMMYT. Increasing smallholder farmer...
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