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It is from this screen house that disease free planting materials for two OFSP varieties – Chiwoko and Olympia are supplied to farmers (decentralized vine multipliers) for multiplication.
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Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) screen house at the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) Msekera Research Station. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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On station evaluation of new OFSP varieties is also ongoing at the ZARI Msekera research station. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Pigeonpea ratooning - maize intercrop trial plot at the ZARI Msekera research station. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Soybean breeder seed multiplication plot at the ZARI Msekera Research Station. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Nodules forming at the roots of a soybean plant. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Cowpea seed multiplication at Good Nature Seed Company Ltd (formerly ZASAKA Seed Company Ltd.). Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Africa RISING going to scale in Eastern Province of Zambia project team paid a courtesy call to Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) Ltd. Offices and production facilities in Chipata, Zambia.
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A dossier for the pre-registration of the Aflasafe has been submitted to the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) as part of initial steps to achieve legal registration in Zambia.
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Leah Phiri, a farmer from Kapasa Village, Change Agricultural Camp in Zambia, holding a packet of the Aflasafe biocontrol product. Leah is one of the 214 lead farmers working with the project team to demonstrate the value and efficacy of Aflasafe.
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Juliet Akello, a scientist from IITA is leading the Aflasafe trial research and demonstration activities in Zambia. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Harry Ngoma, USAID Zambia Food Security Specialist. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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A ripping - direct seeder conservation agriculture (CA) trial in Hoya Camp, Lundazi District. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Francis Zimba (center, right) from Hoya Camp, Lundazi District in Zambia is experimenting with the double-up legume. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Conservation agriculture trials for maize-legume intercropping and maize – legume rotations are also ongoing. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Chumfwa variety of orange fleshed sweet potato in a farmers field in Mucheleka Camp, Vuu District in Zambia. Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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OFSP vine multiplier per excellence. Epulam Daka from Chiwoko Agriculture Camp in Machinga District has been a vine multiplier since 2013.Photo credit: Jonathan Odhong’/ IITA
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Africa RISING management team delegation in Zambia during a visit to Good Nature Seed Ltd., which is multiplying breeder seed as part of the project’s activities aimed at improving the legume seed delivery systems in Zambia
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In addition to scaling OFSP varieties in the Eastern Province of Zambia, Africa RISING is carrying out on farm trials of new varieties with farmers.
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Doubled-up legume system demonstration and trials under conservation agriculture are being implemented by Africa RISING in Zambia’s Eastern Province.