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CAC News No 55-56. January-June 2013
In this issue:
a) Swiss-funded regional water project meets with success
b) Better livelihoods, more opportunities for rural women in Central Asia
c) Yellow rust-resistant wheat to boost food security in Central Asia
d) ...
Understanding variability in soybean yield and response to P-fertilizer and rhizobium inoculants on farmers' fields in northern Nigeria
Soybean yields could benefit from the use of improved varieties, phosphate-fertilizer and rhizobium inoculants. In this study, we evaluated the results of widespread testing of promiscuous soybean varieties with four ...
Assessment of Radio Communication Approaches for the Effective Dissemination of Livestock Production Technologies
A key factor hindering the advancement of agricultural productivity among smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa is inadequate agricultural technologies that address specific local problems. The modalities employed for ...
Integrated production functions for main crop fields in Pontieba, south-western Burkina Faso: Empirical estimations for efficiency assessment and further integrated modelling
Understanding efficiencies of the uses of major inputs for smallholder cropping systems such as labour and fertilizer under heterogeneous site conditions are important for sustainable intensification management and policy. ...
A need for sustainability considerations in development interventions
A common misconception among many development practitioners is that interventions that increase household income are to be hailed. However, short-term benefits could possibly come at the expense of sustainability. By ...
South Eastern Africa Team Stakeholder Meeting
AgMIP’s South Eastern Africa Team, CLIP (Crop Livestock Intensification Project) met with stakeholders May 5-6th at ICRISAT-Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe. The workshop, “What do we need to know about climate change, impact and ...
Rethinking poverty eradication and food security through agriculture in Africa
Rethinking poverty eradication and food security through agriculture in Africa
Integrated delivery systems of improved livestock and fish genetics
Integrated delivery systems are required for farmer uptake and adoption of improved livestock and fish genetics; for sustainability, delivery systems should be designed in parallel with product development.
For optimal ...
Zero-tillage boosts returns to cereals in Morocco
This brief describes preliminary trials with conservation agriculture with smallholder farmers in two regions in Morocco. It is aimed at policy-makers, donors, and other potential partners and supporters.
Does Zero Tillage Improve the Livelihoods of Smallholder Cropping Farmers?
The biophysical benefits of zero tillage (ZT) are well documented in the literature.
However, the literature on its economic benefits, especially in the context
of small and medium-scale farmers in the temperate developing ...