1. Esta colección de materiales de capacitación para agricultores fue desarrollada originalmente por el personal del Canadian Foodgrains Bank y la African Conservation Tillage Network para respaldar proyectos de capacitación agrícola en África subsahariana. Los autores impulsan a los profesionales...
  2. A brief video ofChris McDonoughdescribing the issues of soil erosion in black cracking clay soils in Tanzania, showing the importance of conservation farming techniques to help overcome this.
  3. Access Agriculture Training Video Fanya juu means "throw the soil up" in Kiswahili. The terraces formed are ideal for fodder grasses and help prevent soil erosion. Cultivation becomes easier as the terraces spread out to make the land more level and when combined with manure/fertilizer yields...
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    1/1/2012 Dawn Berkelaar, junto con el Dr. Martin Price y Danny Blank, presentaron este sistema agrícola en EDN 98. En ese momento, la técnica se conocía como “Sembrando a la manera de Dios” (Farming God’s Way-FGW). Posteriormente, el nombre fue cambiado a “Fundamentos de agricultura” (Foundations for...
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    28/9/2016 Mucho del contenido a continuación se toma de publicaciones previas de ECHO que están disponibles enwww.ECHOcommunity.org. Las referencias se abrevian como AN (Notas de Asia), EAN (Notas del Este de África), EDN (Notas de Desarrollo de ECHO), y TN (Notas Técnicas). Donde es posible, enlaces de...
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    1/1/1985 Cultivos de estiércol verde son plantas que [muchas veces en Norteamérica] se cultivan para incorporar en la tierra para aumentar la fertilidad del suelo. Los estiércoles verdes leguminosos (por ej., aquellos que pueden funcionar como fertilizantes de nitrógeno con la conversión de nitrógeno...
  7. 1/7/2013 Conservation agriculture (CA) has been promoted in East Africa through a number of initiatives over the past half year. In this article, we share what ECHO has gleaned from regional partners, in hopes that you can expand upon these successes and also promote further sharing on ECHO’s website....
  8. 7/8/2018 Session: Climate uncertainty and environmental degradation cause deterioration in nutritional status of rural farm families throughout the tropics. Conservation Agriculture methods allow farmers to adapt to these challenges by building soil quality, lowering the risks of uncertain rainfall, and...
  9. Session: Climate uncertainty and environmental degradation cause deterioration in nutritional status of rural farm families throughout the tropics. Conservation Agriculture methods allow farmers to adapt to these challenges by building soil quality, lowering the risks of uncertain rainfall, and...
  10. Balancing the needs of livestock and the need to keep soils covered is an on-going challenge with conservation agriculture throughout the world. When crop residues, grass, and mulch materials are in short supply, animal health and soil health both suffer. Competition for these materials can lead...