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Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification

Author: jlwehabura

Notes from the Field: SIIL – Africa RISING Visit in Tanzania

The Director of the Feed the Future Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab (SIIL), Dr. Vara Prasad, and USAID Bureau for Food Security Senior Sustainable Agricultural Systems Advisor, Dr. Jerry Glover, are visiting Africa RISING and SIIL projects in Tanzania this week to observe the progress being made in the field and identify opportunities for further collaboration. They are accompanied by one of the SIIL’s External Advisory Board Members, Dr. Peter Thorne of ILRI, as well as other team members from the SIIL and Africa RISING projects.

Group photo at the Agricultural Research Institute Uyole (ARI Uyole) office in the Mbeya region of Tanzania.

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SIIL Coordinator Builds Expertise at Regional Training

Participants in the USAID Global Environmental Management Support Project Training

The USAID Mission in Tanzania sponsored and hosted a five day (6th to 10th of February 2017) training on environmental sensitivity in Morogoro, Tanzania. USAID Mission staff, USAID implementing partners, university representatives, and government officials attended the training. The USAID Global Environmental Management Support Project (GEMS) provided technical and logistic support on environmental safety training, planning, and delivery.

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