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**Africa RISING East and Southern Africa Publications**
__**PowerPoint Presentations (Selected)**__


 * All East and Southern Africa PowerPoint Presentations on slideshare **


 * Africa RISING in East and Southern Africa: Year 1 Overview
 * Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Africa RISING
 * Using applied research to optimize profitable use of inputs: A Malawi case study
 * A multi-disciplinary effort to provide options for sustainable intensification of African smallholder farming systems
 * Why and how to implement an R&D framework for Africa RISING? Concepts and approach

__**Reports (Selected)**__


 * __All East and Southern Africa Reports on CG Space__**


 * Research on institutional innovation and scaling issues in Africa RISING
 * Communicating aflatoxin messages: Recent Tanzanian Experience
 * The Africa RISING research sites in Tanzania: Opportunities and challenges to sustainable intensification and institutional innovation
 * Characterization of farming systems in Africa RISING intervention sites in Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana and Mali
 * Report of USAID Malawi Mission Field Visit to Africa RISING Project Field Sites
 * Report of Feed Assessment in Babati District (FEAST Report)

__**Peer Reviewed Papers (Selected)**__
 * Nitrogen-neutrality: a step towards sustainability
 * Post-harvest food losses in a maize-based farming system of semi-arid savannah area of Tanzania
 * Agronomic survey to assess crop yield, controlling factors and management implications: a case-study of Babati in northern Tanzania
 * Approaches to Reinforce Crop Productivity Under Rain-fed Conditions in Sub-humid Environments in Sub-Saharan Africa
 * Farm typologies, soil fertility variability and nutrient management in smallholder farming in Sub-Saharan Africa
 * Rururbanization – a threat to agricultural intensification and food security?
 * “Filling the maize basket” supports crop diversity and quality of household diet in Malawi
 * Maize Yield Response to Nitrogen in Malawi’s Smallholder Production System
 * Modeling and participatory, farmer-led approaches to food security in a changing world: a case study from Malawi

__**Book Chapters**__
 * Sustainable Intensification to Advance Food Security and Enhance Climate Resilience in Africa - Regis Chikowo et al.

__**Briefs**__
 * Africa RISING program framework: Core elements
 * Africa RISING program framework: Conceptual framework and guiding principles

__** Posters (Selected) **__
 * [[file:africa-rising/belowandabovegroundpigeonpea.pdf|Below and above ground pigeonpea productivity in a novel doubled up legume cropping system across three agro-ecologies in Central Malawi]]
 * Exploring niches for livestock intensification in farming systems in Malawi
 * Participatory evaluation of productivity and farmer preferences of selected Napier grass accessions in northern Tanzania
 * Integration of Maize Lethal Necrosis disease management in crop-livestock intensification in East Africa
 * Babati District R4D Platform
 * Intensification of Maize-Legume Based Systems to Improve Farm Productivity and Conserve Natural Resources in Semi-arid Tanzania
 * Characterization of Livestock Grazing Management Systems in Semiarid Areas of Central Tanzania
 * Species Composition and Biomass Productivity of Agro-Silvopastoral Fodder Banks in Tanzania
 * Expanding Livelihood opportunities through variety and Crop diversification
 * Enhanced competitiveness of dryland farming through cost effective innovations
 * Landscape-based agroforestry technologies to control soil erosion and supply fodder, fuel, wood and timber
 * Improving Agricultural problem diagnosis and R4D targeting through multi-stakeholders innovation platform

__** Success Stories **__


 * __[|All stories on the Website]__**


 * Conservation agriculture is giving us more food and money: A Zambian farmer’s story
 * Mechanizing fertilizer microdosing technology: Producers and extension agents trained in Mali
 * R4D platform promotes technology adoption in Babati District, Tanzania
 * Turning over a new leaf: How Amaranth farming has transformed the life of a woman farmer in Tanzania
 * Let’s talk about money! Economic benefits of integrated Striga and soil fertility management in West Africa
 * Africa RISING cooking up a legume delight in Malawi
 * Creating awareness in Tanzania on labour-saving technologies for weed control in rice
 * Using films to support large-scale training on Striga and soil fertility management in Mali

__** Abstracts **__ > __**Maps**__
 * Improving productivity of indigenous chicken through better nutrition and management in mixed crop-livestock farming systems in Babati, Tanzania
 * Participatory yield assessment of climbing and bush bean varieties under different management options in Malawi
 * Below- and above ground pigeonpea productivity in a novel doubled-up legume cropping system across three agro-ecologies in central Malawi
 * Participatory evaluation of productivity and farmer preferences of selected Napier grass (Pennisetumpurpureum) accessions in northern Tanzania
 * Africa RISING Babati study area
 * Africa RISING research sites/villages in Tanzania
 * Africa RISING research sites in Malawi
 * SIMLEZA - Africa RISING research sites in Zambia