Natural Resource Management

A First Look at Maize Markets and Demographics among Conservation Agriculture Adopters and Non Adopters in Mozambique

Description: Mozambique has 1.4 million hectares of arable land suitable for producing maize. Average yields are low (920 kg/ha in 2008 (FAOSTAT). The livelihoods of most […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): W.E. McNair; D.M. Lambert; M.D. Wilcox; N. Eash; C. Thierfelder
  • Type of Document: Media

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Conservation Agriculture in Lesotho: Residue Use Patterns Among CA adopters vs. Non-Adopters

Poster. Description: Recent efforts by the Government of Lesotho, non-government organizations (NGOs), and international attention have focused on developing conservation agriculture (CA) practices adapted to the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): E. Bisangwa; M.D. Wilcox; D.M. Lambert; M. Marake; F.R. Walker; N. Eash; K. Moore; W.M. Park
  • Type of Document: Media

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Conservation agriculture in Lesotho: The drivers of adoption and the role of extension

Poster. Description: Recent efforts by the Government of Lesotho, non-government organizations (NGOs), and international attention have focused on developing conservation agriculture (CA) practices adapted to the […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): E. Bisangwa; M.D Wilcox; D.M Lambert; M.Marake; F.R. Walker; N. Eash; W.M. Park
  • Type of Document: Media

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Small-holder Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Lesotho and Mozambique

ABSTRACT: Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been practiced for three decades and is extensively adopted by large scale commercial farmers in the Americas and Australia and to […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): N. Eash; D.M. Lambert; M. Marake; C. Thierfelder; F.R. Walker; M.D. Wilcox
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

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Smallholders, Sustainability and Food Security: Conservation Agriculture in a Developing Country Context

Powerpoint presentation. Description: Conservation agriculture (CA), with its main tenets of 1) minimizing soil disturbance, 2) maintaining residue on soil surface and 3) mixing/rotating crops has […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): M.D. Wilcox; E. Bisangwa; D.M. Lambert; N. Eash; F.R. Walker; M. Marake
  • Type of Document: Media

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Agricultural Actors, Networks and Mind-sets: Discovering the predisposition for CAPS in the Mt Elgon region of Uganda and Kenya

Description: Scaling up conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) for smallholders requires facilitating a change in mindset within a supporting network of agricultural production partners. Entering into […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): K.M. Moore; J. N. Lamb; R. Laker-Ojok; J. Nyachwo; D. N. Sikuku; D.S. Ashilenje; E. J. Mukhwana; B. Bashaasha; J. Norton
  • Type of Document: Research Report

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Assessing conservation agricultural production systems (CAPS) for small holder farmers in rain-fed farming system in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Poster. Description: The challenge of sufficient food production by farmers in rainfed farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa is exacerbated by soil degradation and poor soil nutrient […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): Nambozo; J.M. Okeyo; J. Odhiambo; M. Owori; P. Oluko; P. Ogonga
  • Type of Document: Media

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Social network analysis for strengthening conservation agriculture participatory research: A closer look at collaboration in the Mount Elgon Region of Kenya and Uganda

Poster. Description: The poster presents social network analysis as a method to support collaboration in the participatory research process to design strategies to scale up conservation […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): J.N. Lamb; K.M. Moore; J. Norton; E. Omondi; R.L. Ojok; D.N.Sikuku; D. Ashilenje; J. Odera
  • Type of Document: Media

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A comparative study of conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) for tribal people of Odisha, India

Poster. Description: Tribal farming in Kendujhar district of Odisha, India is primarily based on traditional shifting cultivation which is becoming unsustainable – resulting in natural resources […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): A. Pradhan; J. Halbrendt; C. Lai; T. Idol; C. Chan-Halbrendt; C. Evenson; C. Ray; P.K. Roul; K.N. Mishra
  • Type of Document: Media

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Analysis of farmer and extension agent preference in Nepal using Analytic Hierarchy Process

Poster. Description: Subsistence farmers in Nepal rely on marginal lands that are subject to declining fertility due, in part, to traditional farming practices. These farmers regularly […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): B.F. Reed; C. Chan-Halbrendt; J. Halbrendt; C. Lai; T.J.K. Radovich; P. Limbu
  • Type of Document: Media

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