Abigael Mchana
Soybean Innovation Lab and CABI explore a stepwise investment approach using technology bundles
Duncan Sones of CABI-led Africa Soil Health Consortium project explains what has been going on in Northern Ghana. The book Nudge explains the authors’ Nobel Prize-winning idea to adapt policy approaches to encourage people to make decisions that are in their broad self-interest. It’s not about penalizing people financially if they don’t act in certain […]
Read MoreAfrica Soil Health Consortium builds NARO’s capacity in communication material development
Authored by: Abigael Mchana Developing fit-for-purpose, interactive and effective communication materials for farmers and their intermediaries is not an easy task. You cannot create a poster with generic text or images and then distribute it to your audience en-masse. It requires an in-depth analysis of your primary stakeholder, an understanding of your audience’s preferred communication […]
Read MoreAfrica Soil Health Consortium benefits from Cornell University’s Agriknowledge project to reach a wider audience
Agriknowledge and the Africa Soil Health Consortium (ASHC) have entered into a partnership that will increase access and utilization of ASHC materials beyond the project’s life. Agriknowledge, a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF) funded project managed by Cornell University is an online, publically available collection of information resources that includes reports, white papers, policy […]
Read MoreSoybean farmers in Nigeria embrace new production technologies
Soybean Farmers in Nigeria Embrace new Production Technologies There is a growing interest and enthusiasm in the production of soybean among farmers in selected states in Nigeria as new yield-enhancing and soil fertility-improving technologies are being introduced to them through an integrated farmer education campaign. A collaboration between CABI’s Africa Soil Health Consortium (ASHC), Intrio […]
Read More‘Switching’ on to ICT approaches to gender in extension services
Duncan Sones, of the Africa Soil Health Consortium (ASHC) delivery team, looks back on six years of concept and project development that could unlock changes in farmer’s ability to effectively access improved technologies… I don’t know about you but when I hear about something for the first time, I rarely take in all the nuanced […]
Read MoreEarly lessons from GALA on messages and channel selection
Silvia Silvestri reflects on the lessons emerging from the Gender and the Legume Alliance project. The GALA project is designed to support small-scale farming households to improving their capacity to access and use information and knowledge, to achieve sustainable legume intensification. The scale-up work in Ghana and Tanzania will leave a valuable legacy amongst small-scale […]
Read More10 steps to sustainable business models for smallholder farmer market development programs …
By: Edward Baars, Silvia Silvestri and Duncan Sones An honest assessment of the supply chains for improved legume inputs shows that holistic solutions are needed. The move to sustainable business models, however, will mean that many flaws need to be addressed. In some cases, what looks like the solution is just reframing the problem. But […]
Read MoreSmarter fertilizer recommendations
Harrison Rware explores how mobile phones are central to the next chapter of OFRA Between 2013 and 2017 CABI, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and 13 national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES) formed a consortium that explored new ways of delivering smart fertilizer recommendations. The project was called Optimising Fertilizer Recommendations in Africa (OFRA). The […]
Read MoreCountrywise Communication Ghana in collaboration with Cabi premiers Campaign Video For Soya Beans Production
Countrywise communication Ghana in collaboration with Cabi, on monday, the 28th of May 2018, premiered a campaign video for soya bean production at the Oasis lounge in Tamale. The event brought together partner organizations, government officials and the media. Read more of this story here.
Read MoreShowcasing smart agriculture in comic exhibition
First published in the CABI blog. Comics have long played a role in entertaining young people, and even adults, going right back to the Golden Age of Comic books in the 1930s. One only has to think of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel and many more. But you would be forgiven for being surprised […]
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