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2010
June

30 June 2010
Seed capital today - yam tomorrow: RIU announces funding for yam project in Nigeria
A project which aims to make disease-free planting material more readily available to yam farmers in Nigeria has recently been awarded a £110,000 grant by RIU under its Commissioned Work programme.


30 June 2010
War against armyworm - battle plans for Malawi
The Ministry of Agriculture in Malawi has expressed their interest in setting up a distribution system for the armyworm biocontrol agent in Malawi as soon as the product is ready.


29 June 2010
Early indications that ShujaazFM reaches older age groups
Early indications are that ShujaazFM is achieving a much greater reach than it had initially anticipated.


22 June 2010
Some lessons learnt from the RIU Best Bets process
RIU has produced a paper reviewing the applications to its Best Bets programme.


21 June 2010
RIU Tanzania welcomes changes to support the poultry sector
The current session of the Tanzania parliament has just passed a ruling to ensure that poultry feeds will in future be exempt from VAT and also waiving the import taxes on incubators and hatchery equipment.


16 June 2010
RIU Nigeria shows how it supports and enhances national policy developments
Each of the Africa Country Programmes is experimenting with different organizational arrangements to help RIU draw lessons about their innovation brokerage roles - supporting wider uptake of successful research pilots.


15 June 2010
RIU Best Bet exemplar on seed delivery and client-oriented breeding
RIU Best Bet exemplar on seed delivery and client-oriented breeding programme set to impact on over half a million people


15 June 2010
RIU Malawi set to impact on over 400,000 people
RIU Malawi has recently reviewed its four commodity- based innovation platforms and has projected that together these will impact on over 400,000 people.


14 June 2010
RIU Rwanda on track to reach one in every 12 Rwandans
RIU Rwanda programmes aims to improve food security and provide pro-poor agricultural support to 825,000 Rwandans, over 8% of the population.


14 June 2010
RIU Tanzania set to reach 815,000 people
RIU Tanzania aims to enhance food security and provide pro-poor agricultural support to 815,000 Tanzanians.


11 June 2010
RIU Nigeria programmes set to impact over 1 in 10 Nigerians
RIU Nigeria is likely to reach more than 16 million people through its aquaculture, cassava, cowpea and soybean innovation platforms.


11 June 2010
RIU communications team scores a big win in Nigeria
The RIU communication team is just back from Abuja, Nigeria.


8 June 2010
RIU Zambia set to impact 375,000 people
RIU Zambia is set to enhance food security and agricultural development for 375,000 Zambians.


8 June 2010
RIU Sierra Leone set to reach two-thirds of population
RIU Sierra Leone aims to enhance food security and provide pro-poor agricultural support to over 4 million Sierra Leoneans.


RIU Best Bet Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness secures £1m for work in Nigeria
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