Launch - Conservation Agriculture for Climate Change (CA4CC) Adaptation and Mitigation Project
Mar 30 2013   A statement that informs the launch of the NORAD funded CA4CC adaptation and mitigation project at SG Resort, Arusha, Tanzania from 21-23 rd March, 2013. The overall objective of CA4CC project is to strengthen knowledge support systems to support...

Farm Mechanization & Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification (FACASI) Project Launch.
Mar 30 2013   The need for sustainable intensification in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is widely recognized. Although a lot of emphasis is being placed in current Research for Development work on increasing the efficiency with which land, water and nutrients are...

ACT Strategic Plan 2013 2022
Mar 30 2013   Good news!! ACT Strategic Plan 2012-2022 is finally approved for launching by the ACT’s Board in its fifth meeting held at Maasai Lodge, Nairobi Kenya, 14-16th February 2013. This robust Strategic Plan is aimed at positioning the Network...

ABACO mid-term global workshop
Jan 30 2013   The European Union funded agro-ecology based aggradation-conservation agriculture: targeting innovations to combat soil degradation and food insecurity in semi-arid Africa project (ABACO: http://abaco.act-africa.org/ ) will have its mid-term global...

Cover crops may help solve weed-pest problems
Jan 30 2013   In the ever-changing world of agriculture, technology often leads the way in providing the latest, most current developments in modern farming. But when it comes to weed management and pest control, a return to the roots of American farming may...

Global Soil Partnership
Dec 05 2012   On 5th -7th December 2012 the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC/EC) jointly organized workshop on Global Soil Partnership in FAO Headquarters Rome,...

CA Awareness Workshop In Tanzania
Oct 03 2012   The African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) in collaboration with other stakeholders including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Tanzania organized information sharing workshop on Conservation Agriculture (CA)...

Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group (CARWG) in Southern Africa
Sep 02 2012   ACT participates at the regional working group annual workshop held in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa from 2nd - 8th September 2012. The workshop was a success and had the following key outputs: Revised Vision, Mission and activities and TOR Formation...

Press Release Friday 24 August, 2012: ACT calls for governments in Africa to adopt Conservation Agriculture for food security
Aug 24 2012   Africa faces many developmental challenges, including pervasive poverty, food insecurity and rampant land degradation. The causes of these challenges are varied and interlinked and the effects of climate change will worsen the situation. It is...

CA National Training South Sudan
Jul 23 2012   The CA training course was held in South Sudan at Yei Crop Training Centre (CTC) from 23rd - 27th July 2012. The training commenced by an opening speech from the Chief Guest, Mr. John Chuol, Director General, Agriculture Production and Extension of...