Tags: intensification

ILRI News on intensification

21 Oct 2021

Quality barley seeds and linkages with breweries unlock better incomes for Ethiopian farmers

Assefa Negash, a farmer and secretary of the Bekume Oyora Seeds Growers’ Cooperative has long faced difficulties in getting high-quality malt barley seeds. He cultivates the crop jointly with members of his cooperative group on a 3.3-hectare piece of land in Goba District of the Bale zone in...

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Africa RISING feed

20 Jul 2021

BRIEF FOCUS: Cowpea living mulch for food security and soil health

Intercropping cowpea as a living mulch with maize improves food security and dietary diversity. It also conserves soil moisture, adds soil nitrogen, and suppresses weed growth. This four-page brief, prepared by Nurdeen Abdul Rahman, Fred Kizito and Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon of the International...

Africa RISING communications

Africa RISING feed

15 Jul 2021

BRIEF FOCUS: Feed and health package for improved small ruminant production

Based on a new, locally available feed, less wastage, and better veterinary care, the feed and health package improves farmers’ food security and incomes by increasing livestock productivity. This four-page brief, prepared by Augustine Ayantunde of the International Livestock Research Institute (...

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Publications on intensification

Journal Article

Published2020

Effects of sustainable land management interventions on selected soil properties in Geda watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia

Report

Published2019

Training of Trainers on multi-stakeholder platform facilitation, gender and data management, ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, 20–23 November 2019

Photo Report

Published2019

Photo report on farmers field day in Endamehoni, Lemo, Basona and Sinana research sites of the Africa RISING projects, 2-4 December 2019

Report

Published2019

Learning reflections from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Tanzania

Journal Article

Published2020

Perceived benefits, constraints and determinants of sustainable intensification of mixed crop and livestock systems in the Sahelian zone of Burkina Faso

Poster

Published2019

CLEANED R tool: Quick but not too dirty” modeling of environmental impacts from transforming livestock value chains

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ILRI Projects on intensification

Jan 2016Jan 2020

The Sustainable Rangeland Management Project

Between 2010 and 2015, the Sustainable Rangeland Management Project (SRMP) assisted nine villages to carry out VLUP, and successfully piloted the implementation of joint village planning across three of these, leading to the protection through certification of a shared grazing area called OLENGAPA...

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Cereal System Initiative South Asia (CSISA)

The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) was established in 2009 to promote durable change at scale in South Asia’s cereal-based cropping systems. CSISA supports regional and national efforts to improve cereal production growth in South Asia’s Indo-Gangetic Plains, home to the region’s...