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Archive for February, 2013
Volunteer farmers transforming East Africa’s dairy sector
Dairy farmers in East Africa are getting to learn about a fresh new approach to agricultural extension: the volunteer farmer trainer model. The farmer-to-farmer exchange of knowledge and skills has been applied with great success within the East Africa…
IWMI in Nepal – Dhap village
In 1988, IWMI undertook an innovative project involving 19 irrigation systems in Sindhupalchowk, in Nepal’s middle hills. Not only were farmers provided with know-how to boost water productivity and expand the irrigable area of their farms, the resea…
A volunteer farmer trainer in her fodder demonstration plot in Kieni, Kenya
A volunteer dairy farmer trainer in her calliandra and napier grass demonstration plot in Kieni, Kenya
Rhetoric versus realities: Rainwater management development processes in the Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia
The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food just published a new report from the Nile Basin setting out ways to enhance rainwater management (RWM) development processes. In Ethiopia, considerable potential exists to enhance food production and rural …