Organised communities build healthier soils
Farmers who are trying to build up healthy soil on their land can find it a particularly prolonged process. Work with local community organisation in Nicaragua, however, shows that results can be seen relatively quickly and achieved on a broad scale, with a long-term farmer-led strategy. From its origins in the 1970s, The Council of Protestant Churches in Nicaragua (CEPAD) has been learning continuously and adapting its approach. And one of the key things they have learned is that if farmers want to build healthy soils, they have to start with healthy community organisations.
Volume: 31.1
ISSN: 2210-6499
Publisher: ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Author: Sara Delaney
Other authors: Denis Garcia, Audrey White
Organization: ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Year: 2015
Country/ies: Nicaragua
Geographical coverage: Latin America and the Caribbean
Type: Case study
Full text available at: http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/soils-for-life/community-led-conservation
Content language: English