4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day, 18 June 2012
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Category Archives: Mitigation
Conservation agriculture in Malawi: “We always have problems with rain here”
Conservation farming have the potential of producing yield increases, help farmers use water more efficiently and save hours normally spent in the field. Photo: T. Samson/CIMMYT. This blog post was initially published on the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) web page Smallholder maize farmers in Malawi are adopting sustainable crop management practices that [...]
Carbon Sequestration: A Truly Green Revolution
carbon sequestration is an intergovernmental strategy for reducing carbon in the atmosphere through strategies involving the farmers and researchers to create new methodologies in the field the agro-efficient with ecosystem services
Growing more rice with less water in a changing climate
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is a cultivation technique which optimizes the growth of rice under a changing climate. Photo: M. Mkondiwa by Maxwell Mkondiwa, reporting from the 6th Community Based Adaptation Conference in Vietnam It is now recognized worldwide that agricultural and farming systems need to be improved beyond their capacities if the [...]
