Conservation Agriculture: A Manual for Farmers and Extension Workers in Africa
2005
This is a comprehensive manual that explains in a step by step easy to follow manner on how to implement conservation agriculture. It explains what conservation agriculture is, and why it is important, how to use conservation agriculture principles in the field and highlights the issues and challenges that farmers and extension personnel may encounter when they adopt and adapt conservation agriculture. It also provides examples of experiences with conservation agriculture in real life. The manual is mainly targeted for use by extension workers and farmers, but can be used as a training aid in training programmes and courses.
Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Commodities: Non-Commodity specific
Topics: Production
Authoring organization: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT)
Publisher: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT)
Category: Field-based materials
Level suitability: Advanced, Intermediate
Type: Learning material
Format: Document
References: EN
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