ACT Network Participation at the first ever Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization
Oct 01 2023   African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) felt honored to be part of the first ever Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from September 27-29,...

Conservation Agriculture in dryland ecosystem: Prospects and opportunities.
May 17 2022   By Sammi Reddy et al. Indian Journal of Agronomy 66 (5th IAC Special issue): S44__S56. 2021. Abstract: Conservation agriculture (CA) comprises zero or reduced or minimum tillage, crop–residue retention and crop rotation which offers an...

Webinar 1: Introducing F-SAMA including the Africa-Mechanize Platform
Overview: Introducing F-SAMA including the AfricaMechanize Platform: Targeting Heads or Directors of Agricultural Mechanization & Engineering Services (HAMES/DAMES) Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020 Time: 09:00 – 11:20 am (GMT) Accra, Ghana Brief...

Climate Mitigation Potential of Regenerative Agriculture issignificant!
Jun 11 2020   In a recent World Resources Institute (WRI) blog post entitled “Regenerative Agriculture: Good for Soil Health , but Limited Potential to Mitigate Climate Change”, Ranganathan etal. (2020), dismiss the potential for regenerative agriculture to...

Regenerative Agriculture: Good for Soil Health, but Limited Potential to Mitigate Climate Change
Jun 11 2020   A farmer uses a no-till planter. Photo by United Soybean Board/Flickr Agriculture needs to close an 11-gigaton greenhouse gas (GHG) gap between expected emissions in 2050 and those needed to hold global warming below 2 o C . Several noteworthy...

Government of Ethiopia Embarks on Building the Pillars for Massive Adoption of Conservation Agriculture
Apr 22 2020   Government of Ethiopia Embarks on Building the Pillars for Massive Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Hon Dr. Kaba Urgessa State Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resource and Food Security, made the key pronunciations on the Ethiopian...

The 3rd African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYAF) Conference and AgriPitch Competition
The 3 rd African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYAF) Conference and AgriPitch Competition will be held in Cape town, South Africa from 24 th – 28 th June 2019 under the theme “ Climate Smart Agriculture: Business and Employment Opportunities for...

Rwanda’s first Institute for Conservation Agriculture opens in 2019
Nov 20 2018   Rwanda's first Institute for Conservation Agriculture opens in 2019 The first ever Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture to prepare the country’s next generation of agriculture leaders and those of the whole East African region opens in...