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Legume Alliance work shared at AGRF conference 2016
Member of the ASHC delivery team joined other CABI colleagues to host a stand at the recent Africa Green Revolution Forum 2016 – in Nairobi, Kenya. This was an ideal opportunity to share the progress on the Legume Alliance work in Tanzania. James Watiti, project manager for ASHC, said: “The African Green Revolution Forum is […]
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SILT Gender plan “very strong” says funder
1 September 2016: Following a number of workshops and an internal review of the scaling-up legume technologies (SILT) strategies, the partners produced a revised gender plan (2016). The team is delighted to have received positive feedback from Marco Rondo, on behalf of the funders. He stated: “Having reviewed your intended next steps we feel the proposed plan looks very […]
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Nigerian newspaper welcomes cassava plans
6 August 2016 Nigeria’s TODAY newspaper ran an article on the new IITA-led African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI). The article reports comments from James Watiti of CABI-ASHC stating the need to bring all stakeholders together. The article also notes that James called for candid conversations among partners so that issues and challenges could be addressed and synergies […]
Read MoreCOMPRO Newsletter published
The new COMPRO II Quality & Yield Newsletter 11 is available now. The newsletter is produced by ASHC to support objective 4 of this IITA-led project supporting the commercialisation of a range of products. In this issue you will find articles on: The role of NAFDAC Biofertilizer regulation in Ghana
Read MoreSteady growth in downloads from ISFM materials library …
April 2016: James Watiti, from CABI, has been reviewing the use of the ISFM materials library on the ASHC website. James noted: “We have seen steady progress in the use of the ISFM materials library. In April 2015 we launched the materials library visitors downloaded 52 materials. In April 2016 this had increased to 330 […]
Read MoreISFM materials library being put to work…
10 May 2016: When you visit the ASHC website ISFM materials library you are asked to share how you plan to use the materials. It is not a requirement to leave this information – but those that do really help us to review and reflecton how we present the library. Here are some of the users […]
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With its finger on the pulse …
29 January 2016 UN Food and Agriculture Organization Year of Pulses The Africa Soil Health Consortium, a CABI managed project, is working to support partners to improve their communications to farmers and improve soil fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Since the outset this has involved working with projects that encourage smallholder farming families to grow legumes […]
Read MoreIntroducing Maharage Bingwa…
ASHC is pleased to share a new 4 page summary document called Introducing Maharage Bingwa. This sets out how the new consortium-based approach is being developed in Tanzania to promote improved legume technologies.
Read MoreCOMPRO Newsletter published
The new COMPRO II Quality & Yield – Issue 12 is available now. The newsletter is produced by ASHC to support objective 4 of this IITA-led project supporting the commercialisation of a range of products. In this issue you will find items on: Building capacity to access to inoculant Promoting soybean and nutritional security crops together Increasing bio-fertiliser uptake […]
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Spreading the word on the FOT in Uganda
7 December 2015 Christine Alokit from CABI Uganda has been working with the OFRA team to raise awareness of the Fertilizer Optimisation Tool. Christine writes: “We wanted to get messages out to farmers about the opportunities presented by the Fertilizer Optimization Tool (FOT). This is a different way of presenting fertilizer recommendations to resource-constrained smallholder farmers. It […]
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