Tags: crops

ILRI News on crops

27 Jun 2021

The budding seed potato production business in Taita Taveta County

Anastasia Myambu in a potato seed farm owned by her producer group, Mreshinyi Farmers Group in Wusi/Kishamba Ward, Mwatate When the County Government of Taita Taveta identified potato as one of the high value crops for promotion in 2017, farmers’ access to affordable certified seed became a...

wanderaojanji

AVCD program blog

27 Jun 2021

Taita Taveta farmers make a fortune from drought-tolerant crops

Christine Nashera inspecting her groundnut crop in Chala Ward, Taveta Though groundnuts are a highly popular and nutritious snack in Taita Taveta County, the residents had always depended on imports from the neighboring Tanzania. Farmers had failed to take advantage of its popularity and high...

wanderaojanji

AVCD program blog

30 Jun 2020

Using the SourceTrace digital platform to support farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic

sourcetrace.com Update from the drought-tolerant crops component of the AVCD program Despite minimal field visits during this period of the COVID-19-related restrictions, the Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) program staff and management are working with extension officers and lead farmers...

Muthoni NjiruCommunications and Knowledge Management Specialist

More news

Publications on crops

Journal Article

Published2021

Genetic diversity and population structure of a rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) collection

Journal Article

Published2021

Soil N2O emission from organic and conventional cotton farming in northern Tanzania

Journal Article

Published2021

Genomic selection in tropical forage grasses: Current status and future applications

Report

Published2021

An assessment of livestock production systems and local feed resources used to inform feed utilisation and livestock production in the Mbarara District of Uganda

Journal Article

Published2021

Measuring household legume cultivation intensity in sub-Saharan Africa

Manual

Published2021

Community conversations module on animal feeds, animal health and collective livestock marketing

more publications

ILRI Projects on crops

Oct 2017Sep 2022

Kenya crops and dairy market systems development activity (KCDMSD)

The Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Development Activity (KCDMSD) is a five-year (Oct 2017–Sept 2022) program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It is funded as part of Feed the Future, the US government’s global hunger, and food security initiative that helps...