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Lessons from the field – Zimbabwe’s Conservation Agriculture Task Force [1]

In the drier areas of southern Africa, farmers experience drought once every two to three years. Relief agencies have traditionally responded to the resulting famines by providing farmers with enough seed and inorganic fertilizer to enable them to re-establish their cropping enterprises. However, because of the lack of appropriate land and crop management interventions, vulnerable farmers are not necessarily able to translate these relief investments in seeds and fertilizer into sustained gains in
productivity and incomes.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
S Twomlow [2], J C Urolov [3], M Jenrich & et al [4]
SAT eJournal [5]
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Tags:
Agriculture [6], Zimbabwe [7], Dryland Farming [8], Drought [9], Farmers [10], Agroecosystem Planning [11], Legumes [12], Cash Crops [13]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-twomlow
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-c-urolov
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/m-jenrich-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/sat-ejournal
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zimbabwe
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dryland-farming
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agroecosystem-planning
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legumes
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cash-crops