Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM)

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Farmer Co- designed strategies to reduce post-harvest residue removal for household use and restore soil fertility

Poster. Description: Soil resource depletion and land degradation are key contributing factors to food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Novel conservation agriculture practices (CAP) encourage smallholder […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): E. Anders; U. Norton
  • Type of Document: Media

Innovation networks and social contagion in East Africa

Poster. ABSTRACT: This study seeks to understand the pathway by which new technology and the associated knowledge passes through community networks in western Kenya and eastern […]

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

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

CCRA-6 economic analysis and impact

Powerpoint presentation. Description: While conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) are known as methods for improving soils, the economic impact of their adoption must also guide research […]

  • Date of Publication: 2012
  • Author(s): G. Norton; A. Nguema
  • Type of Document: Media