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Establishing shared prosperity: Farmers’ groups in northern Ghana set ground rules for using maize shellers

Members of Enye, Nyuri kye Tuna, Tinyogtaa, Zielewye Tidiewulibu, Kandabanye, Sungdiye-Taa, Lanzin and Tie-Taa Maale Farmers Groups pose for a photo with Africa RISING Ghana project staff after a capacity building training on developing group constitution. Photo credit: Wilhelmina Ofori-Duah/IITA...

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Key take-aways from a recent Africa RISING exchange visit in Ghana

Themed exchange visits to strategically selected project sites have been used over the years within the Africa RISING program to promote cross-learning and experience sharing among partners implementing the program’s activities in different countries. On 17-21 June 2019, activity sites in northern...

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Anecdotes of sustainable intensification (video)

Supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of the US government’s Feed the Future initiative, the Africa RISING project is working to create opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainable intensified...

  • Jonathan Odhong
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Africa RISING takes part in preseason agribusiness networking forum in Tamale, Ghana

Africa RISING partners at the 9th Annual Preseason Agribusiness Networking and Exhibition Forum in Tamale, northern Ghana (photo credit: Wilhelmina Ofori-Duah/IITA). Partners of the Africa RISING project in northern Ghana recently took part in the Annual Preseason Agribusiness Networking and...

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Photo report on the Africa RISING Program Learning Event 2019

The Africa RISING Program Learning Event 2019 was held from 5–8 February in Malawi. The annual gathering of stakeholders has been held every year since 2013 (except in 2017) with the objective of synthesizing valuable lessons learnt in the previous year and harnessing them for improved project...

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Photo report on small-scale maize shelling machines in northern Ghana

In northern Ghana, like in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa that are characterized by smallholder agriculture, farmers lose 25–40% of their cereal harvests due to poor post-harvest handling. This makes post-harvest management a key issue to be addressed if the wicked problems of food and nutrition...

  • Jonathan Odhong
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Focus on achieving wider impacts and building resilience for larger populations, Africa RISING urged

Farmers in Cheyohi no. 2 Community in the Northern Region of Ghana ceremonially dressed Jerry Glover in the traditional Ghanaian smock as a sign of their appreciation to USAID and Africa RISING (photo credit: Jonathan Odhong/IITA). The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next...

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The value of systems research—reflections from Africa RISING partners

A frica RISING – a research-in-development program –followed a ‘farming systems research’ approach in line with its objective of ‘creating opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition,...

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Africa RISING Phase I—what it took, what it gave, our proudest achievements

Telling a complete story about the entire Phase I of Africa RISING program in one blog post is a challenging task. But if you are looking for the tell-all of the program’s first phase, please take a look at the recently published report Footprints of Africa RISING—Phase I: 2011–2016 . As you can...

  • Jonathan Odhong
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Irrigation boosts food security for Africa’s smallholder households

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) project is using irrigation to increase food production in Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania (photo credit: Emmanuel Panyan). A review of a five-year irrigation project in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania shows that all the men and women...

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Reducing high cyclical losses after harvest in northern Ghana

In Ghana, high post-harvest losses, irresponsible use of agrochemicals, and inadequate knowledge of good storage operations are significant constraints during crop storage. Currently, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana estimates that post-harvest losses account for up to 10-20% of grain...

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How Africa RISING interventions affecting production diversity and dietary quality

Addressing shortage of micro-nutrients in the diet, which is referred to as ‘hidden hunger’, is becoming an increasingly important goal in the human development agenda. The three regions in northern Ghana where Africa RISING intervened cover 40% of the nation’s land mass and have the highest...

  • Jonathan Odhong