In western Burkina Faso, on-farm manure production has long been confined to the edges of houses and cattle pens. With increasing land pressure and the remoteness of fields, manure production was hampered by transport constraints, and a large proportion of raw material needed in manure production, such as crop residues...

Por muchos años, el desarrollo agrícola en Bolivia se caracterizó por un modelo de transferencia tecnológico, burocrático y vertical: de los investigadores académicos, a los extensionistas y finalmente a los agricultores. Años después surgieron diferentes enfoques, pregonando una participación más activa de los agricultores en la extensión e innovación, como...

The community livestock enclosure is an innovative strategy to defend the land for communal use, deployed by peasants, whose occupation areas are territories disputed by the agribusiness in the context of processes of expansion of the agricultural frontier in Santiago del Estero.

Like many African countries, Benin has had a rapid increase in its urban population, with high demand for garden produce, such as fruits and vegetables. Large quantities of fertilizer and chemical inputs are used, and the distribution system remains very traditional, and lacking in modern agricultural technology. This causes significant...

Agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy and contributes over 45 percent of government revenue. The agricultural sector is the largest employer, representing 60 percent of total employment. Overall, approximately 80 percent of rural women are employed in agriculture. However, the percentage of agricultural land held by women remains...

UNACMA is the only association, at a national level, representing traders and repairers of agricultural machinery, and of machinery for the maintenance of green areas. It is associated with CONFCOMMERCIO MOBILITA and carries forward its objectives mainly in institutions at regional, national and European level. It carries out training and...