Policy/ briefing sheet
FRI backgrounder: Cassava post-harvest activities
- Summary:
Post-harvest activities in cassava
Sections include:
- Why is this subject important to listeners?
- What are the big post-harvest challenges with cassava?
- Gender aspects of post-harvest cassava activities
- Key information about cassava post-harvest activities
- Processing raw cassava roots into chips
- Making High Quality Cassava Flour
- Making cassava starch
- New opportunities for processed cassava in Tanzania
- Marketing
- Languages:
- English
FRI Backgrounder on growing soybean
- Summary:
Backgrounder on growing soybean in Tanzania
Sections include:
- Why is this subject important to listeners
- What are the big challenges of growing soybean in Tanzania?
- Is there misinformation about growing soybean that I should cover?
- Gender aspects of growing soybean
- Predicted impact of climate change on production of soybean
- Key information about growing soybean from land selection to harvest
- Languages:
- English
New Fertilizer Recommendations for Ghana
- Summary:
It is recommended that fertilizer producing companies work closely with CSIR-SRI in the development and validation of fertilizer blends for up-scaling with smallholder farmers in the Forest-Savannah Transition and Guinea Savannah zones of Ghana, towards achieving improved cropland productivity for food security, poverty reduction and environmental sustenance.
For the farmers to reap the maximum benefit of fertilizer use, they have to be trained on the 4 Rs, which refers to:
- Right timing
- Right quantity
- Right Placement
- Right quality of fertilizers.
- Languages:
- English
Effective Regulation of bio-fertilizers in Tanzania
- Summary:
Effective Regulation of bio-fertilizers in Tanzania: Investing in Functional Institutional Frameworks is a 2-page policy brief produced by COMPROII.
- Languages:
- English
Literature review on effective print material for low literacy audiences – handout
- Summary:
This 5 x A4 page handout and powerpoint presentation provides a literature review on effectively using print material for low literacy audiences. It is drawn from a range of sectors including agriculture.
- Languages:
- English
Lowland rice (Dagbani) – briefing sheet
- Summary:
Lowland rice briefing sheet is 5 pages – designed to be used as a script by extension worker or in making radio programmes. Produced at a write-shop in Bolga Tanga, Ghana facilitated by ASHC.
- Languages:
- Dagbani
Lowland rice – briefing sheet
- Summary:
Lowland rice briefing sheet is 5 pages – designed to be used as a script by extension worker or in making radio programmes. Made a write-shop in Ghana facilitated by ASHC.
- Languages:
- Dagbani
Economic benefits of ISFM – policy brief
- Summary:
Economic benefits of integrated soil fertility management is a policy brief providing an overview of economic benefits of integrated soil fertility management. Produced by ASHC.
- Languages:
- English
