Integrated Crop Management Vol.7-2010

Enhancing Crop-Livestock Systems
in Conservation Agriculture
for Sustainable Production
Intensification

A Farmer Discovery Process Going to
Scale in Burkina Faso

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    FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2010

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Table of contents

Part I   [696kb]

Foreword
Oversight and Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations

CHAPTER 1
Introduction

Part II   [179kb]

CHAPTER 2
An analysis of farming systems constraints and opportunities for improvement

CHAPTER 3
Implementing the PRODS/PAIA pilot project in South Western Burkina Faso

Part III   [902kb]

CHAPTER 4
Farmer Benchmark-Discovery process: A proof of concept for scaling
Farmer Benchmark-Discovery Process
Integrated Crop-Livestock-Tree Systems in Conservation Agriculture (CA)
Integration with Livestock Production
Benefits and Outcomes from PRODS/PAIA
A Converging Partnership-A Community of Practices (CoP)

CHAPTER 5
Going to Scale in Burkina Faso: A Project Concept Goal, Approach and Objectives
Expected Outputs and Outcomes
The Way Forward with the ‘Community of Practices’