Farming Forward for Climate Change: a Manifesto for Action
Jan 12 2016   Global decision makers need to adopt sensible action plans for sustainable food production in a changing climate. Conservation Agriculture systems provide an appropriate response with proven technology and farmer support. COP21 provided an...

Minimum tillage unpuddled transplanting: An alternative crop establishment strategy for rice in conservation agriculture cropping systems
Dec 14 2015   Adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) has been hampered in puddled rice-based cropping systems. In this study, the authors developed a method for transplanting rice (Oryza sativa L.) with minimal soil disturbance(referred to as minimum tillage...

Conservation Agriculture ToT training for Farmers, Researchers and Extension officers under the SIMLESA project, NARO Uganda
Nov 28 2015   The Sustainable Intensification of Maize and Legumes in East and South Africa (SIMLESA) is a CIMMYT regional project implemented in five core countries of Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique and in three spillover countries of Uganda,...

Call for a Brown Revolution in Africa by Philanthropist Dr. Howard G. Buffett
Nov 24 2015   Smallholder farmers throughout Africa are adopting conservation agriculture practices on their farms to improve their farming operations and their livelihoods. The soil health and resilience benefits of conservation agriculture mean these families...

1st International Conference Afro-Mediterranean Soils: Constrains and Potentialities for Durable Management
Healthy soils are crucial for ensuring food and fiber productions, resilience, adaptation and mitigation to climate change and variability. These challenges are more alarming in Afro-Mediterranean countries. As global economic growth and...

Conservation Agriculture Training of Trainers Course for Research and Extension officers - Uganda
Conservation Agriculture Training of Trainers Course for Research and Extension officers to be held in Kampala - Uganda