New Agriculturist — With the widespread scaling back of agricultural extension services in Africa, those with a responsibility to deliver information to rural communities are learning to follow new channels. In West Africa, the International Crop…
Archive for March, 2012
African Development Bank green lights US$63M multi-CGIAR Center continental research-for-development initiative
Newstime Africa — The project will be co-implemented by three Africa-based CGIAR Centers: the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Africa Rice Center, and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas. IIT…
The production and consumption of livestock products in developing countries: Issues facing the world’s poor
‘The production and consumption of livestock products in developing countries: Issues facing the world’s poor’, slide presentation by ILRI’s Nancy Johnson at the Farm Animal Integrated Research 2012 Conference, Washington, D.C.,…
AfricaRice evolves strategic plan to boost rice production
VibeGhana — AfricaRice’s new Strategic goal is to realize Africa’s tremendous rice potential as the Centre strongly believes the continent has the wherewithal be it human, physical and economic resources to produce enough rice to feed itself
Ethiopian farmers test new chickpea crops – in pictures (Guardian)
Ethiopian smallholder farmers have been working with researchers from crop research institutes Icrisat and Eiar to grow new drought and pest-resistant varieties of chickpea. They have found that the new varieties have brought a dramatic increase in yie…