CA Training Materials
Conservation Agriculture Facilitator’s Guidebook Resource Centre CA Core Curriculum Facilitators Guidebook Conservation Agriculture Posters Introduction Conservation Agriculture (CA) has spread in the past 40 years to cover 105 million hectares...

Malawian Farmers Adapt in the Face of Climate Change
Sep 01 2017   Malawian Farmers Adapt in the Face of Climate Change by Deogracias Benjamin Kalima August 31, 2017 Government is encouraging climate smart practices to increase yields and improve resilience Kenson Mulapula is an exceptional farmer. While most of...

Africa should harmonise agro-policies
Aug 30 2017   THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) says African countries need to develop harmonised regional agricultural policies that promote investment in key resilient infrastructure to boost regional trade in agro-products. The...

African smallholders can double their yields with half the water
Aug 30 2017   Only 4 to 7 percent of arable land is irrigated in Sub-Saharan Africa Better access to irrigation for farmers is key for climate change adaptation. Until recently, irrigation had never taken off in Africa for multiple reasons from poor maintenance...

The 4th Global Science Conference On Climate Smart Agriculture
Conference Theme: "Catalysing local innovations and action to accelerate scaling up of CSA" Climate Smart Agriculture – In pursuit of Sustainable Development Every day that passes, we are learning and getting more convinced on the inevitability...

Scaling up conservation agriculture in Zambia
Jul 14 2017   67 per cent of the Zambian population depends on agriculture but agricultural productivity does not keep up with the annual population growth rate of 3%.Moreover, policies have favoured maize at the expense of crop diversification. Conservation...

NO-TILL CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE
The No-Till Club 2017 Conference will take place on the 5-7 September 2017. Programme/Program 2017 Speakers / Spreekers 2017 Registration Forms 2017 Exhibitors' Registration 2017 Delegates' Registratio For more information visit:...

21st ISTRO International Conference
21st ISTRO International Conference 1. Soil conservation 2. Soil compaction and structure remediation 3. Soil ecology and Ecosystem services 4. SOC sequestration and management 5. Biogeochemical Processes in soils 6. Advances in soil structure...

Irrigation, conservation agriculture and crop yield response in selected districts in Zimbabwe
Jul 11 2017   Zimbabwe's low-potential zones can be identified with a soaring prevalence of scarcity, shortage, deficiency and lack; depressed rural proceeds, earnings and revenues; low farm yields; and food unavailability (Nyagumbo et al., 2009). These factors...