Report of the Africa RISING West Africa: Review and planning meeting, Tamale, Ghana, 23-25 October 2012

The Africa Research In Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) program comprises three research-for-development projects supported by the United States Agency for International Development as part of the US Government's Feed the Future (FtF) initiative.Through action research and development partnerships, Africa RISING will create opportunities for smallholder farm households to move out of hunger and poverty through sustainably intensified farming systems that improve food, nutrition, and income security, particularly for women and children, and conserve or enhance the natural resource base.The three projects are led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (in West Africa and East and Southern Africa) and the International Livestock Research Institute (in the Ethiopian Highlands).The International Food Policy Research Institute leads an associated project on monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment.