conservation agriculture
Tek Sapkota
Policy forum in Mozambique recommends scaling sustainable agriculture practices
Unsustainable farming practices like monocropping are impacting soil health and reducing the productivity of farms.
The itsy bitsy spider can make a big impact in agriculture
A new study explores how conservation agriculture in southern Africa supports spider populations and diversity, which could help mitigate pest damage.
With multi-sector support for climate-sensitive practices, African farmers can boost food security and resilience
Conservation agriculture has potential to conserve soils, improve yields and limit environmental impacts.
What is green manure? And how is it helping maize farmers?
Ten farmers in a hot and dry area of Zimbabwe trial intercropping legumes and green manure cover crops alongside their maize, to assess their impact on soil fertility.
African youth find entrepreneurial opportunity in agricultural mechanization
An increasing number of youth across eastern and southern Africa are creating a stable living as entrepreneurs in agricultural mechanization service provision.
Farmer in Malawi defines true project success
Development initiatives are only truly successful when participants graduate, adopt and leave.
New findings on gender gap in conservation agriculture
Interview with Clare Stirling, co-author of a new paper, reveals almost no conservation agriculture studies consider gender and gender relations as a factor that may explain low adoption rates.