conservation agriculture

Innovations
In the media

Source: Daily Trust (23 May 2019)

CIMMYT researchers report a sub-surface drip fertigation system combined with conservation agriculture uses less water to produce the same wheat and rice yields.

Assistant Research Associate

Associate Scientist - Cropping Systems Agronomist
Nutrition, health and food security
News

After eight years of project learning, reflections on what conservation agriculture means for African smallholder farmers, the dialogue between scientists and policy makers, and next steps.

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Climate adaptation and mitigation

Senior Scientist - Agricultural System/Climate Change
Capacity development
Features

Unsustainable farming practices like monocropping are impacting soil health and reducing the productivity of farms.

Environmental health and biodiversity
Features

A new study explores how conservation agriculture in southern Africa supports spider populations and diversity, which could help mitigate pest damage.

Nutrition, health and food security
Features

Conservation agriculture has potential to conserve soils, improve yields and limit environmental impacts.

Climate adaptation and mitigation
Features

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.

Capacity development
Features

An increasing number of youth across eastern and southern Africa are creating a stable living as entrepreneurs in agricultural mechanization service provision.

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Systems Agronomist

Cropping Systems Agronomist