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Livestock Helps Farmers Become Resilient to Climate Change
Oct 18 2016 Sunday, October 16 is World Food Day, and this year the theme is - Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too. The relationship between agriculture and the environment is the crux of much of Heifer International’s work in the field... - ...partners, and a number of non-governmental organisations to varying degrees in terms of coverage area, operational approach, time span and technical content. ...
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Bidco Africa Oil Refineries partners with the Food and Agriculture Organization in the Conservation Agriculture initiative- Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
Aug 29 2016 Bidco Africa Oil Refineries has partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the Conservation Agriculture initiative to encourage farmers to take up growing of soya beans and sunflower seeds in a bid to increase the supply of the... -
Seeing is believing: the impact of soil management- Western Kenya
Aug 11 2016 For over a decade, CIAT has tested agronomic and soil management practices in Western Kenya. From minimum tillage to integrated soil fertility management, two trials, established in 2003, are the most comprehensive picture of tropical soil health... - Air, water and soil is our continent’s most valuable natural resources, but soil is the only nonrenewable resource. With the natural formation rate of approximately 6-8 cm of fertile soil over a period of 2000 years, this is not surprising.
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Conservation Agriculture activities at COP21
Jul 20 2016 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has annual meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the convention with the ongoing objective of stabilising greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere to reduce the... -
Conservation Agriculture for Africa: Building Resilient Farming Systems in a Changing Climate
Jul 20 2016 CABI has announced the following book: Conservation Agriculture for Africa: Building Resilient Farming Systems in a Changing Climate edited by Amir Kassam, Saidi Mkomwa and Theodor Friedrich, with a Foreword by Howard Buffett. The book: Focuses on... -
FAO: The EU has a role in Africa’s Agriculture Mechanization- an interview
Jul 18 2016 The involvement of the European private sector in the mechanisation of Africa’s agriculture will open up the market and help farmers make quality choices, FAO’s Josef Kienzle said in an interview with EurActiv.com. What are the main challenges... -
African Green Revolution Forum 2016
Today, across Africa, big things are happening on the millions of small family farms that are Africa’s main source of food, employment, and income. Over the last decade, we have laid the foundations for a renaissance in Africa’s agriculture,... -
Far from being a threat, Livestock is a complimenting asset to adoption of Conservation Agriculture
Jul 06 2016 Far from being a threat, livestock is a complimenting asset to adoption of Conservation Agriculture Philanthropist Dr. Howard G. Buffett, who is a farmer, states in a feature article, “ one thing that has provided consistent success on our farms...
