2010
August

24 August 2010
RIU launches a monthly TV news bulletin
The RIU portfolio consists of over 40 different initiatives spread across nine sub-Saharan African countries with other work on-going in Asia.

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24 August 2010
RIU seeks feedback on papers on agricultural research and innovation and development relevant innovation
Two important new discussion papers have recently been placed on the RIU website setting out some of the emerging lessons from the RIU experiment.

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22 August 2010
RIU Tanzania explores the frustrations of policy change and time lag of changing practice
On 21 June 2010 RIU news announced that RIU Tanzania had achieved a policy change triumph in relation to import duties on hatchery equipment. This was timely because RIU Tanzania was in the process of helping hatcheries to import equipment to scale up indigenous poultry production as part of the Poultry innovation platform (entrepreneurship).

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6 August 2010
The sun shines on Sierra Leone fruit and vegetable growers...
Fruit and vegetable growers in four districts in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone have received a boost with the arrival of 20 solar drying units in their communities. Early reports indicate that the growers have started using the dryers successfully.

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5 August 2010
Early indicators show seed priming approach is helping farmers
RIU Best Bet StopStriga aims to promote a two stage process to tackle Striga - a parasitic weed that devastates maize crops across broad tracts of Africa.

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5 August 2010
Research-led innovation offering more competitive fruit and cocoa production in Ghana moves one step nearer
An RIU Best Bet reached an important milestone recently in its quest to get biopesticides registered in Ghana.