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Public and Private Partnerships improve smallholder farmer fortunes in Babati, Tanzania

Written by Michael Kinyua, Inot Songoyani and Prosper Massawe (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT) A farmer in Tanzania harvests maize. The beans which was intercropped with the maize will also be ready for harvest soon (photo credit: Georgina Smith/CIAT). Babati, a district in northern Tanzania, thrives on...

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A tribute to Jean Ndikumana, a ‘gentle giant’ in African livestock research for development

Jean Ndikumana at a 2010 stakeholders meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Zerihun Sewunet). The board, directors and staff of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) mourn the passing of a former colleague and...

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Inoculating legume plants with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria improves yields in Ethiopia and could save USD28 million annually in fertilizer costs

A legume farming demonstration plot by the N2Africa project in Pawe, Benshangul Gumuz, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). A five-year project that promoted nitrogen fixation through the use of rhizobia bacteria in grain legumes in Ethiopia has helped participating smallholder farmers...

CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

The humble leucaena legume celebrated at its own international conference in Australia 1–3 Nov 2018

Cow grazing on leucaena in Colombia. Photo courtesy of Leucaena Conference 2018 Over 100 scientists, extension workers, farmers and private seed producers from Australia and around the globe are gathered this week at the University of Queensland to share knowledge and findings on the humble yet...

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The value of systems research—reflections from Africa RISING partners

Africa RISING – a research-in-development program –followed a ‘farming systems research’ approach in line with its objective of ‘creating opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and...

  • Simret Yasabu
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Africa RISING Feed the Future SI Innovation Lab joint field visit to Tanzania

The Africa RISING program and the Future Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab (SIIL) recently held a joint field visit to activity sites in Tanzania. The goal of the visit was to promote more cross-learning and establish potential areas for future collaboration between the two United States...

  • Jonathan Odhong
Africa RISING feed

How pasta wheat helps Ethiopian farmers escape poverty

Since 2009, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) have partnered for the identification and development of new durum wheat varieties capable of withstanding the harsh environmental conditions of...

  • Simret Yasabu
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Partners map out transition plans for Africa RISING-led Malawi INVC Bridging Activity Project

The Integrating Nutrition in Value Chains Bridging Activity (INVC BA) project was launched in June 2016 as a two-year relay project between INVC 1 and its successor project, Agricultural Diversification for Incomes and Nutrition (ADIN). Funded by the United States Agency for International...

  • Jonathan Odhong
Africa RISING feed

No one size fits all! Lessons from legume–cereal rotations in smallholder farms

Smallholder farming households in much of sub-Saharan Africa are distinctly diverse within and across communities. Taking this reality into account when introducing technologies to farmers is therefore a key step, particularly in sustainable intensification under low external nutrients input...

  • Jonathan Odhong