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  1. Water

    The world needs to produce an estimated 60 percent more food by 2050 to ensure global food security, and it must do so while conserving and enhancing the natural resource base. Water is a major input in the provision of food – from production in the field through all the steps in the value chain....
    Water
     

  2. Diversity of Approaches in Conservation Agriculture in Africa

    The desire to transform smallholder farming to feed the increasing hungry people, burgeoning population, and adaptation and mitigation to climate change is high. There is an obvious realization that it is smallholder farming and rain-fed for that matter that holds the promise to feed the hungry...
    Conservation Agric... Food Security Climate Change Farming Sustainable Sustainable Develo... East Africa
     

  3. Organic Farming

    The USDA defines organic agriculture as “a production system that is managed to respond to site-specific conditions by integrating cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity.” More specifically, organic...
    Organic Farming Natural Farming
     

  4. 2016 Presentations - ECHO East Africa Pastoralist Symposium

    From March 1-3, 2016 ECHO East Africa hosted a sumposium in Nanyuki, Kenya on Best Practices in Pastoralist Areas. This meeting's aims were to disscuss ways in whichtto reduce poverty, hunger and physical hardship by engaging pastoralists more effectively to adapt their pastoralist systems: to...
    East Africa
     

  5. Climate Change

    Smallholder systems exist under a broad range of climatic conditions. There are some basic considerations, however, that applyin nearly every set of conditions. Soil and water conservation Productivity of both crops and animals depends on the availability of water and fertile soil.Where there is...
    Climate Smart Agri... Climate Adaptation Climate Change
     

  6. Increasing smallholder resilience through agroforestry

    Resilience refers to the capacity for ecological systems to persist and absorb changes. Climate-change resilience encompasses a dual function, to absorb shock as well as to self-renew to cope with new circumstances. Agroforestry offers both mitigation and adaptation strategies for enhancing...
    Resilience Agroforestry Carbon Sequestration biomass Soils conservation crop diversification Climate Change
     

  7. Legumes and soil health – participatory action research

    Session:Soil degradation and rapid change are faced across Africa, and require attention to both old and new technologies. Over two decades of action research with farmers in Malawi has shown that smallholder food production and nutrition can be improved through biological principles and targeted...
    Soil Health Legumes East Africa
     

  8. Greener Food Production in Africa Resilient Crops and Zonal Management

    Soil degradation and rapid change are faced across Africa, and require attention to both old and new technologies. Over two decades of action research with farmers in Malawi has shown that smallholder food production and nutrition can be improved through biological principles and targeted use of...
    Soil Degradation Resilience Food Security Smallholder Smallholder Farm East Africa
     

  9. Soil biodiversity and productivity

    Session: Conservation agriculture (CA) (zero tillage + organic inputs as surface residue) is believed to improve soil nutrient status, soil structure, control soil erosion, and also enhance soil fauna diversity. Despite the widespread interest in CA, empirical evidence of the benefits of CA on...
    East Africa
     

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