Conservation Agriculture: helping small farmers

Conservation agriculture (CA) aims to achieve sustainable and profitable agriculture and subsequently aimes at improved livelihoods of farmers through the application of the three CA principles: minimal soil disturbance, permanent soil cover and crop rotations. CA holds tremendous potential for all sizes of farms and agro-ecological systems, but its adoption is perhaps most urgently required by smallholder farmers, especially those facing acute labour shortages. It is a way to combine profitable agricultural production with environmental concerns and sustainability and it has been proven to work in a variety of agroecological zones and farming systems. It is been perceived by practitioners as a valid tool for Sustainable Land Management (SLM).

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Conservation Agriculture
• small farmers
• animal traction
• diversification
• innovation
• sustainability
• sustainable agriculture
• soils
• land
• conservation tillage
• soil and water conservation

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