Since 2014, the Foodgrains Bank network has sponsored a Conservation Agriculture Capacity Development Program to maximize coordination and learning between Canadian Foodgrains Bank members and partners implementing Conservation Agriculture (CA) programming in sub-Saharan Africa. This program has expanded since that time to include a partnership with Tearfund UK, and Agriculture and Livelihoods Technical Advisors based in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. This program is supported financially by the Foodgrains Bank network and its individual members.
Services to Foodgrains Bank members and partners have included on-site training, facilitation of exchange visits and annual networking events, and information sharing with stakeholders outside of the Foodgrains Bank network. By 2018, these efforts had helped contribute to a doubling in the average CA plot size and number of farmers involved in CA-focused projects within the Foodgrains Bank network.
This newsletter is intended to help communicate the many lessons we have learned through this process.
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CFGB CA News Volume 4 Issue 1 - March 2018 - 2018-03-01
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- English (en)
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- Kiswahili (sw)
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In this Issue:
- Demonstration Plots as an Extension Tool
- Fodder Production Complements CA Goals
- Partner Profile: African Christian Church and Schools
- Discussions from the Network
- CA Technical Officer Travel Schedules
CFGB CA News Volume 3 Issue 4 - December 2017 - 2017-12-01
Inside this Issue:
- Farmer Experimentation
- Fall Armyworm: A New Threat to African Food Security
- Partner Profile: Spiritan Community OutReach in Ethiopia (SCORE)
- Discussions From the Network
- CATO Schedules
CFGB CA News Volume 3 Issue 2 - June 2017 - 2017-06-01
Inside this Issue:
- Conservation Agriculture for Root Crops
- Gender Mainstreaming in Agriculture Programming
- Partner Profile: Communauté Baptiste au Centre de l’Afrique
- Discussions from the Network
- CATO Schedules
CFGB CA News Volume 3 Issue 1 - March 2017 - 2017-03-01
In this Issue:
- Integrating Livestock and Conservation Agriculture
- Agriculture Value Chains and CA Programming
- Partner Profile: Diocese of Central Tanganyika, Dodoma
- Introducing Jean Twilingiyumukiza
- CATO Schedules
CFGB CA News Volume 2 Issue 4 - December 2016 - 2016-12-01
Inside this Issue:
- Savings Group Support CA Programming
- Natural Pesticides
- Discussions from the Network
- Partner Profile: The Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM)
- CATO Schedules
CFGB CA News Volume 2 Issue 1 - March 2016 - 2016-03-01
Inside this Issue:
- Using Farmers as Trainers
- Optimum Plant Spacing and Population
- Discussions from the Network
- Partner Profile: Association des Eglises Baptistes au Rwanda (AEBR)
- CATO Schedules
CFGB CA News Volume 1 Issue 3 - December 2015 - 2015-12-01
Inside this Issue:
- Intercropping: A Traditional Practice with Significant Benefits
- Systems Assessments
- Discussions from the Network
- Partner Profile: Growing Nations Trust (Lesotho)
- CATO Schedules
CFGB CA News Volume 1 Issue 2 - September 2015 - 2015-09-01
Inside this Issue:
- Extension Approaches in Promotion of Agricultural Innovation
- Green Manure/Cover Crops
- Partner Profile: Africa Inland Church of Tanzania, Shinyanga Diocese
- CATO Schedules
CFGB CA News Volume 1 Issue 1 - May 2015 - 2015-05-01
Inside this Issue:
- CA Approaches, Including Farming God’s Way
- Discussions from the Network
- Integrated Soil Fertility Management: Improving Soils and Yields Simultaneously
- Partner Profile: SOLDEV, Malawi
- CIATO Schedules
