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Sustainable Farm Power for Enhanced Productivity (FAO & CEMA Hybrid Event)
Agricultural systems around the world are currently heavily relying on fossil fuels contributing...
ACT Network Participation at the first ever Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization
African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) felt honored to be part of the first ever Global...
FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization
Efficiency, Inclusiveness, Resilience Hybrid Event: Register Here The Food and Agriculture...
Dr. Harun Cicek
Dr. Harun Cicek completed his undergraduate degree on environmental science at University of...
Wolfgang Gérald STURNY
Dr. Wolfgang Gérald Sturny is head of the Soil Conservation Service of the canton of...
Dr. Harminder Singh Sidhu
Dr. Harminder Singh Sidhu is a Senior Research Engineer at the Borlaug Institute for South Asia...
Prof Emilio González-Sanchez
Prof Emilio González-Sanchez from Cordoba, Spain, is an Agronomical Engineer from the University...
Mr. Collins Nkatiko
Collins Nkatiko – a Zambian National currently engaged as Executive Director and CEO of the...
Dr Rachid Mrabet
Dr Rachid Mrabet received his PhD in Agronomy from Colorado State University (Fort Collins, USA)...
Dr. Irene Kadzere
Dr. Irene Kadzere a Zimbabwean national, holds a PhD degreefrom Cornell University, USA, (2006) in...
Prof. Alain de Janvry
Prof. Alain de Janvry Alain de Janvry is a Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics and...
Prof. Li Hongwen
Prof. Li Hangmen Ph.D , is a Professor, Changjiang Scholar, China Agricultural University; Taishan...
Dr. Enamul Haque
Dr. Enamul Hague has been serving as Adjunct Associate Professor since 2011, Murdoch University,...
Tom Goddard
Tom Goddard is a senior policy advisor with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Alberta, Canada. An...
Dr. Rafael Fuentes
Dr. Rafael Fuentes is a socioeconomy researcher, since 1979, at Instituto Agronomico do Parana. He...
Jill Clapperton (PhD)
Jill Clapperton (PhD) is the Principal Scientist and Co-founder of Rhizoterra Inc. (...
Stephane Boulakia
Eng. Stephane Boulakia— from France, is an Agronomy engineer with Cirad, specialising in...
Prof Gottlieb Basch
Prof Gottlieb Basch holds a Doctorate degree in Agricultural Sciences from Georg-August-University...
Dr. Mloza Banda
Dr. Mloza Banda has over 17 years of practical experience in research, innovation and development...
Juliana Albertengo
Ms Juliana Albertengo was born in San Jorge, a small city in the centre of Santa Fe province,...
Prof Amir Kassam OBE, FRSB, CBiol, PhD
Prof. Amir Kassam OBE, FRSB, CBiol, PhD Amir Kassam is a Visiting Professor in the School of...
Achieving Food Security in Africa with Healthier Soil
Regenerative agriculture practices are helping smallholder farmers grow more food on less land...
FAO and ACT Partnership Brief - Sustainable Mechanization Innovations
The African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
Survey for mechanization status in Africa
The University of Illinois and Kansas State Universities of the United States are undertaking an...
Sustainable Agriculture Mechanisation
Agricultural mechanization is broadly defined to include the application of tools, implements and...
Ecosystem Management
The ecosystem approach is a strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living...
Conservation Agriculture
2014-01-22 Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a farming approach that fosters natural ecological processes to...
Webinar 2: Introducing F-SAMA including the Africa-Mechanize Platform
Overview: Operationalization of F-SAMA including the AfricaMechanize Platform. Private and Civil...
Webinar 1: Introducing F-SAMA including the Africa-Mechanize Platform
Overview: Introducing F-SAMA including the AfricaMechanize Platform: Targeting Heads or Directors...
The Road to the 8WCCA: Successful experiences and learnings from Conservation Agriculture worldwide
Webinar Registration Link Topic: The Road to the 8WCCA: Successful experiences and learnings from...
Regional Mechanisation Workshop with special focus on Hire Services held in Kampala
On December 10th, 2019, Country representatives and Heads of Agricultural Mechanisation...
Unlocking opportunities for agricultural growth and transformation through mechanization along the value chain
Malabo Montpellier Panel Side Event at the African Green Revolution Forum Where: Kigali Convention...
Strengthening Education and Innovation in Conservation Agriculture for Improved livelihoods in Africa
2019-05-24 Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a venerable, old age practice by farmers world-wide that rests on...
Center aims to bridge gaps in climate smart agriculture
2019-10-31 ADDIS ABABA - Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity...
Towards a Conservation Agriculture targeting tool for project implementers in Africa: Identifying the main elements- the QAToCA tool
2019-05-24 Introduction Targeting Conservation Agriculture (CA) remains a major challenge in the context of...
New partnership to promote sustainable mechanization of agriculture
2017-05-22 FAO and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association CEMA, an international non-profit...
Second Eastern Africa Sub-regional Workshop on Climate-Smart Agriculture held in Kampala- Uganda
2019-02-08 The second Eastern Africa Sub- regional workshop on Climate- Smart agriculture organized by...
Conservation Agriculture in Africa: Where Does It Fit?
The controversial debate among researchers about the suitability of conservation agriculture for...
Mr. Martin Bwalya (Director)
Mr. Martin Bwalya is the Head of Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)...
Dr. Joseph Mureithi (Director)
Dr. Joseph Mureithi is the Deputy Director General [Livestock], at Kenya Agricultural & Livestock...
Dr. Robert Zougmore (Director)
Dr Robert B. Zougmore is currently the Regional Program Leader Program Management Committee,...
Eng. Saidi Mkomwa
Saidi Mkomwa is a Conservation Agriculture advocate in Africa with over 30 years’ experience in...
Prof. Dr. Pablo Tittonell (Director)
Dr. Pablo Adrian Tittonell is a Professor of Farming Systems Ecology at Wageningen University, The...
Dr. Frank Place (Director)
Frank Place is a senior research Fellow at IFPRI under the Policies, Institutions and markets...
Mr. Edward Chuma (Director)
Mr. Edward Chuma is a Process Facilitator and founder member of The Institute for People,...
Eng. Richard Shetto (Director)
Eng. Richard Shetto was the Former Director Mechanization at the Ministry of Agriculture Food...
Mr. Danson Kamau (Director)
Mr. Danson Kamau is a smallholder conservation agriculture farmer in Nakuru Kenya. He was a member...
Ms Enny Namalambo (Director)
Ms. Enny S. Namalambo is by training a qualified Agronomist with a strong and varied academic...
Mr. Reynolds K. Shula (Chairperson)
Mr. Shula is the Chairperson of the African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) management Board,...
1st ACCA Congress in pictures
2014-10-07 ..Conservation Agriculture for Africa: The Transformation to Sustainable Production...
Feeding The Soil or Feeding The Cow
Feeding The Soil or Feeding The Cow Click the following link to view www.youtube.com/watch
Smallholder farmers can aid the uptake of Research and drive Grassroot innovations
2015-09-14 The 1960s' Green Revolution demonstrated how technological innovations can transform agriculture ....No-Till or Zero-Tillage Systems - Conservation Tillage
2017-05-22 No-tillage is generally defined as planting crops into soil that has remained untilled after the...
ACT Concludes CA Training of Trainers in Malawi
2013-11-29 To the Conservation agriculturists, CA is the way to go. But this is not the case for Kezia. For...
Conservation Agriculture: The foundation for Africas Green Revolution
2015-07-15 Get the current status and future of CA in Africa from the oral interview conducted by The Global...
Preserving the Soil and Reaping Greater Harvests
2018-01-19 Smallholder farmer Peter Mcharo, from Kibaigwa village, Morogoro Region in eastern Tanzania, has a...
CARWG & NCATF
2015-12-22 The Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group (CARWG) arrangement in Africa was established...
CA-CoP
2015-09-14 ACT uses the Conservation Agriculture (CA) Communities of Practice (CoP) categories to interact...
Knowledge & Information Management
In order to facilitate effective promotion of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles and...
Entrepreneurship & Business Development
In order to facilitate effective promotion of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles and...
Research for Development
2014-04-22 ACT engages itself in supporting both basic and applied research to provide validated in-context...
Capacity Building
2015-10-12 In order to facilitate effective promotion of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles and...
About CA2AFRICA - Conservation Agriculture in Africa
African farming systems are highly heterogeneous in terms of agro-ecological, socio-economical and...
ABACO Overview
Geographic areas of focus: Semiarid areas of East (Kenya, Tanzania), West (Mali, Burkina Faso) and...
Networking and Partnership
2013-05-30 ACT embraces principal of mutual collaboration, partnership and sharing of information on...
Awareness Creation & Advocacy
2014-01-22 ACT proactively engages in the building of political will and activity support for CA at various...
Profile & History
2015-09-14 Our Profile The African Conservation Tillage Network (ACTN) is a fast growing pan-African...
Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture (ACCA), 2014
2015-09-14 ACT, the pan-African network of conservation agriculture (CA) stakeholders, is pioneering the...
Farm Mechanization & Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification (FACASI) Project Launch.
2015-09-14 The need for sustainable intensification in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is widely recognized....
