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ILRI News on extension

Farmer learning activities at a training session in Karatu, Tanzania (photo credit: Inviolate Dominick/WorldVeg). Martin Nicodemus is a farmer trainer from Bashay village and a Jitambue Farmers’ Group member. He is an example of a farmer trainer who supports farmers from neighbouring villages in...

Africa RISING communications

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Africa RISING feed

20 Jun 2022

Farmers lead adoption of agroforestry practices in Dodoma, Tanzania

Loti Philemon Malekela is a farmer in Nghumbi Kongwa in Dodoma, Tanzania. He is married and has six children. Though Malekela depends on small-scale farming to sustain his family, it has not been easy for him to produce enough grain to feed his family due to increasingly ineffective traditional...

Africa RISING communications

Africa RISING feed

04 Oct 2021

No technician? No problem: Africa RISING releases 35 vernacular DIY videos on maintenance of maize shelling machines for use by farmers in Ghana

It is estimated that smallholder farmers in northern Ghana face postharvest losses ranging between 30–50% of the yields obtained in each cropping cycle. While northern Ghana has a great potential to be a breadbasket region for the country, with almost all crops grown in the country capable of being...