Opportunities and Constrains for Conservation Agriculture in Africa
This journal article from Leisa Magazine illustrates examples of Conservation Agriculture in Africa. Considerable efforts have been made in Africa to try to arrest the tendency towards soil degradation, loss of fertility and frequently declining yields. These have focused on better ways to conserve soil moisture, to prevent soil loss, to improve soil fertility and to introduce suitable cover crops.
Volume: 18
Issue: 3
ISSN: 1569-8424
Nombre de pages: 6-14
Auteur: JOHN ASHBURNER
Autres autheurs: THEODOR FRIEDRICH, JOSE BENITES
Organisation: LEISA Magazine on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture
Année: 2002
Couverture géographique: Afrique
Type: Article de revue spécialisée
Texte intégral disponible à l'adresse: http://www.fao.org/ag/ca/CA-Publications/LEISA%202002.pdf
Langue: English