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...

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,...

Research for Development
ACT engages itself in supporting both basic and applied research to provide validated in-context explanation and understanding on both effects and impacts results from the application of CA and adoption of SAM. There is currently a weak and simple...

Conservation Agriculture Communities of Practice General Terms And Conditions
The African Conservation Tillage Network approaches promotion of Conservation Agriculture in Africa through Conservation Agriculture Communities of Practice (CA-CoP). The approach creates an opportunity to forge agenda towards having conservation...

What We Do
ACT's work is to stimulate, facilitate and challenge for mutual sharing of information and knowledge on experiences or lessons on promotion of Conservation Agriculture (CA) and Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (SAM) in Africa. These efforts...

Our Focus
To promote sustainable development in Africa through Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles & practices in Africa. ACT has identified strategic focus areas that are necessary and sufficient to address the identified Critical Strategic Issues and...

Facts about No-Till farming: No-Till Club newsletter March 2013
Apr 30 2013   From the March 2013 issue of the KwaZulu Natal No-Till Club newsletter titled "Bringing you the facts about No-till", Editor Richard Findlay is bold to skeptics, That No-Till now has "lift off" after many years of being considered "off the mark"

ACT's CA Champions Distinction Scheme; Model farmers and Stakeholders' contribution Recognition scheme
Apr 30 2013   The African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) joins Prof. Ricardo Ralisch to warmly congratulate Herbert Bartz, the pioneer Brazilian no-till farmer for his well-deserved recognition from State University of Londrina for his exemplary CA...