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GIS modelling reveals hotspots of soil erosion in Kongwa, Tanzania
Soil erosion by water and wind is a major threat to agriculture in communities living in semi-arid areas in central Tanzania. Despite the significant efforts by private and public entities to control...
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Highlights of Africa RISING closing meetings in Tanzania
Michael Kinyua and Job Kihara As curtains come down on the implementation of Africa RISING Project activities in Tanzania; many smallholder farmers and project partners are taking time to look back...
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Africa RISING launches handbook of validated farming technologies from...
Front cover of the handbook for agriculture sector practitioners in East and Southern Africa. The Africa RISING East and Southern Africa (ESA) project has launched the ‘Sustainable agricultural...
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Lead farmers drive adoption of farming technologies in Tanzania
Farmer learning activities at a training session in Karatu, Tanzania (photo credit: Inviolate Dominick/WorldVeg). Martin Nicodemus is a farmer trainer from Bashay village and a Jitambue Farmers’ Group...
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Farmers lead adoption of agroforestry practices in Dodoma, Tanzania
Loti Philemon Malekela is a farmer in Nghumbi Kongwa in Dodoma, Tanzania. He is married and has six children. Though Malekela depends on small-scale farming to sustain his family, it has not been easy...
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Tanzania’s agriculture minister lauds achievements of five-year technology...
Tanzania Minister for Agriculture Hon. Adolf Mkenda makes his remarks during the Iles de Paix close-out event held on 29 November 2021. Looking on is Iles de Paix Country Director, Ludovic Joly (photo...
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Africa RISING ESA partners make plans to shore up project’s sustainable...
Africa RISING East and Southern Africa (ESA) Project partners took part in the 10th project review and planning meeting on 14–16 September. And just like in the previous year, it was entirely virtual...
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Africa RISING–Islands of Peace partnership: A portrait of success from a...
For smallholder farmers like Michael Lahoya from Changarawe village, in Karatu District, Northern Tanzania, agriculture is their main source of livelihood. This father of five depends on agriculture...
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Public and Private Partnerships improve smallholder farmer fortunes in...
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...
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Disseminating livestock extension information using text messages in Tanzania
A Maasai pastoralist checks his mobile phone (photo credit: Sven Torfinn/OXFAM blogs). Digital tools and platforms have become a fixture in disseminating knowledge about agricultural technologies to...
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The gender equity gap: an inside look at the vegetable producers and traders...
Women sell vegetables at a roadside market in Linthipe EPA, Malawi (photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/IITA). Gender inequality is a major cause of economic imbalance in many countries of Africa....
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Need to help farmers address declining soil fertility inspires young...
Twenty-seven-year-old Tanzanian, Lilian Richard, has her sights set on giving smallholder farmers technological solutions to address declining soil fertility. This Master of Science in soil science...
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Africa RISING Annual Progress Report 2018 – 2019 now available
Between October 2018 and September 2019, Africa RISING partners continued to deliver development outcomes for smallholders in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Tanzania and Zambia. Livelihood enhancing...
View ArticleAfrica RISING partners publish soil fertility management guidebook
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])...
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External review of the Africa RISING program concludes
The internally commissioned external review of the Africa RISING program has been concluded and a report of its findings presented to the Program Coordination Team (AR-PCT). Submitted on 7 April 2020,...
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External Review Team visit to Africa RISING sites in Malawi and Tanzania – a...
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...
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WorldVeg and Africa RISING serve up an exciting improved vegetables...
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...
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From trainee to model farmer
Farmer Pius Wilbard sharpened his vegetable production skills and increased his income thanks to Africa RISING Farmer Field School activities in Tanzania’s Karatu District. Eager to learn, Pius...
View ArticleAutomated irrigation as a game-changer for farming in sub-Saharan Africa: Is...
This blog highlights the key messages of a presentation by Africa RISING West Africa Program chief scientist, Fred Kizito (IITA) on 11 November 2019 at the 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual...
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Youth proud to be part of a farming family
Siblings Ana and Pascal Erasto dig in to continue a family tradition in Tanzania through the Africa RISING project. Young people in many places tend to have a negative attitude toward farming. It’s...
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