Reversing agricultural land degradation worldwide
Jun 19 2016   Agricultural land degradation and its end result of desertification have been receiving considerable attention by the international community in recent decades. However, the general lack of understanding and awareness about the root causes of land...

Ten Truths About Conservation Agriculture and Smallholder Farmers
May 06 2016   There are growing numbers of smallholder farmers throughout the developing world who are successfully implementing conservation agriculture practices adapted to specific local conditions and existing crop and livestock production customs. As a...

International Year of Pulses 2016
Mar 16 2016   International Year of Pulses 2016 The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses (IYP) ( A/RES/68/231 )The Global Pulse Confederation and its IYP 2016 partners have identified a series of thematic areas that will be the...

Conservation Agriculture: for smallholder farmers in Africa?
Mar 16 2016   Conservation Agriculture (CA) increasingly dominates debates on agricultural development policy in Africa. Over the past decade lots of (donor) money has been spent on the promotion of CA to smallholder farmers and often such interventions have...

Farm Machinery for Conservation Agriculture
Feb 29 2016   Conservation Agriculture a farming strategy based on three principles of minimum soil disturbance (or direct seeding), permanent vegetative soil cover and crop rotation is seen as the alternative to tillage, with multiple benefits with regard to...

First International Conference Afro-Mediterranean Soils: Constraints and Potentialities for durable management- Marrakech- Morocco
Jan 21 2016   The first international conference on Afro- Mediterranean soils was held from the 18-19 th December 2015 at the Palmeraie Golf palace hotel in Marrakech- Morocco. The two day conference was organized by the National Agricultural Research Institute...

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...

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...

Brussels Development Policy Briefing No. 43: South to South Cooperation
Oct 26 2015   The Brussels Development briefing No 43, South to South Cooperation will take place on the 27 th October this year in Brussels, with the title, “Emerging donors and rising powers in agriculture in the ACP countries. The briefing will address key...

Where to Target Conservation Agriculture for African Smallholders? How to Overcome Challenges Associated with its Implementation? Experience from Eastern and Southern Africa.
Oct 14 2015   Since the paper by Giller et al. (2009), the debate surrounding the suitability of conservation agriculture (CA) for African smallholders has remained polarized between proponents and opponents. The debate also gave rise to a few studies that...