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ILRI News on crops

Training participants group photo (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu) . The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian Highlands held training sessions for project site coordinators, extension experts, development agents and data enumerators from 7–8 June 2021. Close to 20 participants from project...

Haimanot Seifu

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

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...

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Publications on crops

Journal Article

Published2021

Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank

Journal Article

Published2021

The future of farming: Who will produce our food?

Journal Article

Published2021

A large-scale dataset of barley, maize and sorghum variety identification using dna fingerprinting in Ethiopia

Brief

Published2021

Multi-purpose drought-tolerant cactus pear can provide livelihood opportunities for farmers and nutrition for people and livestock in dryland areas

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

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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...

International Livestock Research Institute

Tags: crops

ILRI News on crops

Ethiopia partners apply digital solutions in on-farm experiments

Taita Taveta farmers make a fortune from drought-tolerant crops

The budding seed potato production business in Taita Taveta County

Publications on crops

Assessing forage potential of the global collection of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) conserved at the ICRISAT genebank

The future of farming: Who will produce our food?

A large-scale dataset of barley, maize and sorghum variety identification using dna fingerprinting in Ethiopia

Multi-purpose drought-tolerant cactus pear can provide livelihood opportunities for farmers and nutrition for people and livestock in dryland areas

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

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

ILRI Projects on crops

Kenya crops and dairy market systems development activity (KCDMSD)