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Participatory research for development in Africa RISING – an email exchange
Over the last few days, in relation with an upcoming final workshop for the ‘farm scale research design‘ early win project, an interesting e-mail exchange took place between Prof. Ken Giller of...
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Participatory agricultural research for development – whose participation,...
Compared with other Ethiopian Highland early win projects, the ‘Research for Development‘ project focused on the research process so as to propose a flexible and generic approach to implement...
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Feed and fodder ‘early win’ project synthesis shows potential of assessment...
The Africa RISING QuickFeed ‘early win’ project held its synthesis meeting on 3 and 4 September 2012. The project was led by ILRI and ICARDA with the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)...
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A wealth of tools and approaches spotted at the Africa RISING learning event
The recent Africa RISING program learning event (24-26 September 2013) revealed an incredible wealth of tools and approaches used across the program. The list includes: West Africa Tools for collecting...
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Participatory community analysis completed in eight Africa RISING sites in...
Community group discussions in Tigray (Image: CIP-Ethiopia\Solomon Gebreselassie). In 2013, the Africa RISING team in Ethiopia carried out Participatory Community Analyses (PCA) in all the eight sites....
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Theory key to gain wider acceptance of participatory agricultural research...
This post was drafted by Terry Clayton based on contributions by Paul Sillitoe (Durham University) at the Participatory Agricultural Research: Approaches, Design and Evaluation (PARADE) workshop held...
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Participatory action research can add value to CGIAR’s agronomic research
This post was drafted by Terry Clayton based on contributions by Katherine Snyder (CIAT) at the Participatory Agricultural Research: Approaches, Design and Evaluation (PARADE) workshop held in Oxford...
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Challenges and opportunities in participatory agricultural research
This post was drafted by Terry Clayton based on contributions by Beth Cullen (ILRI) at the Participatory Agricultural Research: Approaches, Design and Evaluation (PARADE) workshop held in Oxford from...
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Participatory research toolkit – briefs introduce approaches used in Ethiopia
In 2013, the Africa RISING project in Ethiopia initiated a series of participatory assessments to diagnose and characterize the farming systems and communities where the project is working. A series of...
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Pictorial highlights of farmers field days in Tanzania’s Kongwa districts May...
In May this year, the Africa RISING team in Tanzania held several field days with farmers in Kongwa district. Highlights from Lakaila village. The farmers’ field day was held on 15 May 2014 (Photos by...
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Africa RISING helps female scientists improve knowledge on experimental...
Experimental design and data analysis workshop participants The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation...
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Africa RISING cooking up a legume delight in Malawi
Yummy! Farmers display grain legume meals they prepared at the end of a nutrition workshop organized by Africa RISING among the Ngoni community in Ntcheu District, Malawi (photo credit: Isaac Jambo)....
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Participatory research for development in Africa RISING – an email exchange
Over the last few days, in relation with an upcoming final workshop for the ‘farm scale research design‘ early win project, an interesting e-mail exchange took place between Prof. Ken Giller of...
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Participatory agricultural research for development – whose participation,...
Compared with other Ethiopian Highland early win projects, the ‘Research for Development‘ project focused on the research process so as to propose a flexible and generic approach to implement...
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Research for farmers, by farmers: Highlights of Africa RISING...
At the tail end of 2014, Africa RISING scientists and government extension agents held a series of feedback meetings with farmers in Tanzania’s Babati District. The objective of the meetings which were...
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Farmer research groups central to Africa RISING approach in Ethiopia
On 13 December 2014, members of the Sinana innovation platform (IP) members and technical group (TG) held a farmers field day that attracted many farmers and others (woreda IP members, private sector...
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Measuring innovation platform contributions through participatory monitoring...
It is not easy to measure the contributions of innovation platforms (IPs) research and development outcomes. Some of the reasons have been documented in relations to FARA’s sub‐Saharan Africa challenge...
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Women ‘nutrition leaders’ changing the fate of children in Mali
Women prepare whole grain sorghum Tô during a nutrition field school in N’golobougou village in Mali ‘We must take care of our babies even before they are born. It’s like when you want to have good...
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Facilitating participatory research: Scientists train farmers and extension...
Benard Sambali, an extension officer in Babati District takes part in a practical activity on weighing forage leaves during the training (photo credit:IITA/Gloria Ndibalema). Written by Gloriana...
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RISING voices: Frédéric Baudron, tropical systems agronomist (CIMMYT, Ethiopia)
Frédéric Baudron, senior tropical systems agronomist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Ethiopia, introduces himself and his work with the program. It is one of a...
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