Platform for innovation and collaboration strengthened at AgMIP7
AgMIP, a unique community of practice for innovation, provided a pathway on addressing major global and national challenges at its 7th Global Read more...
Innovation platforms help dryland communities shift to climate-smart thinking
Small farmers will have to innovate fast to adapt to more extreme and recurrent climate stresses From 6-17 November, the world’s governments Read more...
Seamless crop-livestock integration in drought-prone Zimbabwe: Discovering and adopting more profitable and sustainable farming through innovation platforms
“Last year was a drought year and the only crop we harvested was mucuna. This year we experienced water logging and again Read more...
How to scale up the initial success of crop-livestock innovation platforms in Zimbabwe?
Scaling IPs or scaling the innovations? Experiences from ZimCLIFS, Semi-Arid Region in Zimbabwe from ICRISAT Goats and cattle are crucial for the Read more...
Matopos Research Centre now part of the Command Agriculture programme in Zimbabwe
Acting President of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa, said Matopos Research Centre will now be part of the Command Agriculture programme. He toured Read more...
Like our crops, we have grown
Mid-way through a meeting between local farmers and close to 30 national and provincial level participants attending a three-day country strategy development Read more...
Call for sustainable intensification of farming systems in Zimbabwe
Researchers and stakeholders recently came together at a workshop to define the role of agricultural research for sustainable climate-resilient food systems and Read more...
Reverse engineering innovation for impact
I recently spent a week talking to scientists at ICRISAT about innovation and how ICRISAT and the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research Read more...
Our crops and croplands feed livestock
Can Africa’s growing demand for red meat be met by better utilizing cropland resources and the available feed/forage technologies produced in the Read more...