News & Updates

On February 2 and 3, the Drylands Farmer Research Network (FRN) held a strategic planning meeting that focused on developing a realistic roadmap to align project activities with the farmer calendar in 2021.

In 2017 the CCRP awarded a three-year grant to Enhancing Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in Western and Eastern Kenya through Agroecological Intensification with Sorghum-Based Interventions.

Three Kenya-based CCRP projects recently conducted an action-research study to ask how smartphones can enhance social learning in farmer research networks.

Filemon Elisante, The University of Dodoma
Study area: Pollination Ecology

Prisila Andrea Mkenda, Sokoine University of Agriculture
Study area: Biodiversity and Ecosystems Management (Ecological Pest Management)

The Uganda Sorghum/Legume project teamed up with the Soil Toolkit team to teach project members to use the toolkit to monitor and manage soil health.