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Zaï planting pits
Zaï as they are known in Burkina Faso, or tassa in Niger, are wide deep planting pits. They act as a microcatchment and can be used to rehabilitate soils when used with manure. They have been very successful in West Africa during the last 25 years.
Burkina Faso
2016 - Access Agriculture
Rapport
Developing a community-based cassava seed system for increased productivity and market linkages in Uganda
This is the annual report of the Cassava Community Action Research Project (Cassava CARP) for the period October 2015 – September 2016. The Cassava CARP is aimed at enhancing sustainable production, processing and marketing of cassava and cassava products among the cassava farming communities. Its focus is on quality cassava...
Uganda
2016 - Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
Rapport
Plantwise Annual Report 2015
Plantwise is a global programme, led by CABI, to increase food security and improve rural livelihoods by reducing crop losses. Working in close partnership with relevant actors, Plantwise strengthens national plant health systems from within, enabling countries to provide farmers with the knowledge they need to lose less and feed...
2016 - CABI
Vidéos
SLM07 Demi-lunes
Demi-lunes (half-moons) are in the shaped of a semi-circle with the tips of the bunds on the contour. They come in a variety of sizes, which help with water harvesting in semi-arid areas. They help to improve soil fertility when manure or compost is added.
Burkina Faso
2016 - Access Agriculture
Fiche d'information
The Africa Solidarity Trust Fund for Food Security
The Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) is an innovative Africa-led fund to support Africa for African development initiatives. Its main goal is to strengthen food security across the continent by assisting countries and their regional organizations to eradicate hunger and malnutrition, eliminate rural poverty and manage natural resources in a...
Angola - Burkina Faso - Chad - Côte d'Ivoire - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ethiopia - Kenya - Malawi - Niger - Zimbabwe
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Fiche d'information
Sustainable production intensification and value chain development in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is generally characterized by low production and productivity in the agriculture sector, despite rapidly growing human population which calls for closing the production gap in crops, livestock, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries. At the same time, ecosystems are under pressure, a situation which is further challenged by climate change,...
Cameroon - Chad - Côte d'Ivoire - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kenya - Mali - Mozambique - Rwanda - Zambia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vidéos
SLM08 Parkland agroforestry
Trees produce timber and firewood, but also fruit, pods, leaves and medicines for people and livestock. Some species help improve soil fertility and reduce local temperatures. The system supports crops and livestock.
Ghana
2016 - Access Agriculture
Article de blog
Bidco Africa Oil Refineries partners with the Food and Agriculture Organization in the Conservation Agriculture initiative- Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
Bidco Africa Oil Refineries has partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the Conservation Agriculture initiative to encourage farmers to take up growing of soya beans and sunflower seeds in a bid to increase the supply of the two crops.
Kenya
2016
Allocution
Open Letter to the Member States of the African Regional Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Protocol for the Protection of New Plant Varieties
An Open Letter by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food highlighting concern over the Regional Arusha Protocol for the Protection of New Plant Varieties by the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)The letter highlights concern that the Arusha Protocol is inappropriate for the ARIPO region and the non-transparent...
Uganda
2016 - National Committee International Year of Family Farming + 10 of Uganda
Note/document d'orientation
Sustainable production intensification and value chain development in Africa
Based on experience and lessons learned in 2014-15, Africa’s Regional Initiative 2 (RI2) (originally entitled “Integrated Management of Agricultural Landscapes in Africa”) has been revamped for implementation in 2016-17 to sharpen its focus and to make it more programmatic. It takes a food systems approach with two integrated components, namely...
Cameroon - Chad - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kenya - Mali - Mozambique - Rwanda - Zambia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Article de revue
Family Farming
USA/ Statistically, the family farm makes up ninety-eight percent of all American farms, while farmers in general comprise 2% of the work force in the United States. 40% of the crop market is accounted for by 2.5% of nation's total farms, while family farmers produce approximately twenty-seven percent of the...
South Africa
2016
Vidéos
SLM09 Fertility management
Integrated soil fertility management is based on maximising the use of organic fertilizers and minimizing the loss of nutrients.
Mali
2016 - Access Agriculture
Étude de cas
Efficiency and effectiveness of participatory research approaches among smallholder farmers in Babati District; Tanzania
Participatory research approaches are widely being used for promoting the uptake of agricultural integrated innovations. The methods encourage greater knowledge sharing among farmers and give them more confidence in the technology being promoted which in turn brings about wide adoption of the technology in question. Therefore, understanding efficiency and effectiveness...
United Republic of Tanzania
2016 - Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
Projet
Youth mobility, food security and rural poverty reduction. Project Brief
The FAO Youth Mobility, Food Security and Rural Poverty Reduction (RYM) project aims at mitigating distress economic mobility in Tunisia and Ethiopia. With the support of the Italian Development Cooperation, the project will promote innovative mechanisms and rural development strategies with the objective of mitigating distress migration for rural youth...
Ethiopia - Tunisia
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Événement
FAO Regional Conference for Africa (ARC)
The 29th session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa will be held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, at Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire, from 4 to 8 April 2016. Jointly hosted by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Conference is...
Côte d'Ivoire
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Vidéos
Conservation agriculture
The main aim is to reduce costs and improve profitability. Soil health is improved as is soil moisture. Zambia is leading the way in Sub-Saharan Africa and this programme shows how the technique is practised.
Zambia
2016 - Access Agriculture
Vidéos
Sowing and thinning sorghum
Increasing plant populations by reducing the planting distance is a key step to achieving a uniform crop stand and a high yield. On the other hand, when plants are too close to each other this can hamper good crop development. The plants will be thin and will be susceptible to...
Mali
2016 - Access Agriculture
Fiche d'information
Building resilience in Africa’s drylands
Populations in Africa are increasingly exposed to the negative impact of natural and human-induced disasters such as drought, floods, disease epidemics and conflicts which threaten the agriculture production systems and livelihoods of vulnerable communities. The initiative on “Building Resilience in Africa’s Drylands” was developed to enhance the capacity of these...
Burkina Faso - Chad - Ethiopia - Kenya - Madagascar - Mali - Niger - Senegal - Somalia - South Sudan - Uganda - Zimbabwe
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rapport
Burundi El Niño situation report
In an already precarious context characterized by structural vulnerabilities, the socio-political crisis that started in April 2015 has increasingly affected the population in the country with 1.1 million Burundians in need of immediate humanitarian assistance. Access to basic services was restricted and communities were forced to adopt negative coping mechanisms,...
Burundi
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Pratiques
Comment capturer une colonie sauvage souterraine
Une colonie d’abeilles peut se diviser en produisant un ou plusieurs essaims de production si elle grossit et devient surpeuplée. Ces essains peuvent s’installer dans des ruches places par les apiculteurs ou bien dans d’autres endroits adapter pour le development de la colonie. Cette fiche explique comment capturer une colonie...
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2016 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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