The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program comprises three projects supported by USAID as part of the U.S. government’s Feed the Future initiative. Over 4 years, to 2016, Africa RISING aims to c…
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Sharing experiences with effective grain storage in Africa
A delegation from Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia — the target countries of the Effective Grain Storage for Sustainable Livelihoods of African Farmers (EGSP) Phase-II Project— visited Malawi during 22-23 October and Kenya during 25-26 October 2…

Good livestock management by all value chain actors can improve quality in the Ethiopian leather industry
New ILRI scientist Jo Cadilhon reports on an international conference organized by CTA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme ‘Making the connection: Value chains for transforming smallholder agriculture’ and field trips he took about an…

RTB Workshop Starts today
RTB (Roots, Tubers and Bananas) Workshop Starts today in Cali Colombia CIAT’s headquarters. We have 19 people from IITA, CIAT, CIP and Bioversity. One of our objectives is to test out cloud technology for sharing geographic information.

Does erosion represent landscape-level loss or gain of carbon stocks?
Erosion does lead to lower soil-carbon stocks on the eroding slopes, but we need to know what happens with the carbon-rich material that travels through the landscape. It might, for instance, get buried in a place where decomposition is slower than in …
