Why has Conservation Agriculture farming not been widely adopted in Africa?
Conservation Agriculture is not widely adopted due to a number of challenges such as: § low awareness levels of the CA technologies § low access to affordable CA equipment § lack of CA supporting policies § fixed mind set

CA-CoP: Research & Academia
Introduction and Background: While the concept of Conservation Agriculture is now widely known and generally endorsed and accepted by different practitioners in higher education, there are still significant challenges in relation to integration of...

CAWT
Geographic areas of focus : Zambia in Southern Africa, Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa and Ghana in West Africa. Objectives of the project: The overall goal of the CAWT initiative is to promote a continental wide adoption of conservation...

TCCP
The capacity building and networking component within the COMESA-EAC-SADC tripartite programme has the core intention of contributing more internalisation, institutionalisation and up-scaling of the Conservation Agriculture for Climate Change...

CA4CC
Geographic areas of focus: Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan, Zimbabwe Project goal : Strengthen resilience to climate change thus contributing to increased food security among rural communities and smallholder farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa...

CASARD Project Overview
The Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (CASARD) project was implemented in Kenya and Tanzania through the introduction and adoption of profitable conservation agriculture (CA) practices. The first phase of CA...

SCAP Overview
SCAP was implemented to strengthen livelihood strategies and socio-economic growth among farming communities in Western and Central Africa (WCA) through sustainable application of conservation agriculture Geographic areas of focus : Burkina Faso,...

CARWG & NCATF
The Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group (CARWG) arrangement in Africa was established in 2007 with formation of CARWG for Southern Africa region. The purpose of CARWG is coordinating the activities of member organizations working to...

CA-CoP
ACT uses the Conservation Agriculture (CA) Communities of Practice (CoP) categories to interact with its membership. The communities of practice are currently classified as below: Research & Academia CA equipment manufacturers, suppliers & service...

Knowledge & Information Management
In order to facilitate effective promotion of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles and practices in Africa and beyond, this thematic area focuses on development of appropriate strategies and mechanisms for facilitating effective communication...