1. News reports
OFRA workshop on fertilizer decision tools
9-12 February 2015 saw the delivery of an OFRA development fertilizer decision tool workshop in Arusha, Tanzania, bringing together participants from Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. Scientists from these countries will explore the potential of the fertilizer optimization tool (FOT) being developed in OFRA, and work on important issues to address the needs of the […]
Read MoreOFRA research at a glance
Fertilizer response field trials have been established across the 13 Optimising Fertilizer Recommendations in Africa (OFRA) participating countries. Martin Macharia, the OFRA data manager, has used digital mapping software (QGIS) to show where each of the 216 crop trials is taking place. Martin explains: ‘Each of the crop trials is at a slightly different stage, but we […]
Read MoreOFRA paper published in Agricultural Sciences
The partners in OFRA have published a journal paper in Agricultural Sciences, 2014, 5, [1384-1391 Published Online December 2014] Assessing the potential to change stakeholder’s knowledge and practices on fertilizer recommendations in Africa Harrison Rware, the monitoring and evaluation specialist at OFRA, said: “This paper sets out some of the early lessons emerging from OFRA, […]
Read MorePlantwise plant doctors share ASHC materials
Around 80 integrated soil fertility management factsheets and manuals, developed by ASHC and partners, have been added to the Plantwise Factsheet Library to be sent around the world. Dannie Romney explains: “Within CABI we have been looking at how greater synergies can be brought between the different projects we support. Plantwise has been developing a Knowledge […]
Read MoreCOMPRO II: December 2014 newsletter published
ASHC is pleased to be a partner in the IITA-led COMPRO II. Our role is to support objective 4 of this project relating to the development and delivery of the communications strategy. A key output of this strategy is the production and circulation of a regular newsletter. Issue 9 of the COMPRO II newsletter has […]
Read MoreIsaac wins projector for ISFM consultation
ASHC is consulting on the style, content and layout of its new cropping guide series. The series has been produced for extension and covers ISFM and good agricultural practices for growing: banana-coffee cassava sorghum and millet-legumes, and rice systems During the recent ISFM conference in Rabat, Morocco, ASHC held a competition amongst the attending delegates to get […]
Read MoreFeedback requested on ISFM cropping guides
A cropping guide series is being produced for extension workers by the African Soil Health Consortium (ASHC). The series covers banana-coffee cassava sorghum and millet-legumes, and rice systems The guides support rural extension workers guiding smallholder farmers from traditional cropping systems for subsistence to more market-oriented enterprises through sustainable intensification. The guides aims to provide, […]
Read MoreOFRA reviews and planning meetings scheduled
A meeting of the Optimising Fertilizer Recommendations in Africa (OFRA) partners from southern and east Africa will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 10-14 November. This will be followed a west African gathering in Accra, Ghana, between 25-28 November. OFRA operates in 13 sub-Saharan countries. The West African partners are from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, […]
Read MoreEnthusiastic responses to new ASHC website
‘The ASHC team has had some great feedback on the new website and, in particular, the ISFM materials library.’ Explains James Watiti, ASHC project manager. ‘This is exactly the sort of feedback we had hoped to get from our peers and it has energised us to make more and more materials available.’ ASHC launched its new […]
Read MoreMeet the ASHC team in Morocco
2-7 November 2014, Ecole Normale Supérieure –Rabat, Morocco at Soil Biofertilization and Sustainable Development in Africa Come and find out about our latest publications, see the new website, talk about your plans for the future and how the Africa Soil Health Consortium can help you. ASHC will also be sharing, and consulting on, the ISFM […]
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