Conservation agriculture in Malawi: “We always have problems with rain here”

Posted on June 12, 2012 by c.peterson

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 [...]

Fertilizer trees can triple yields!

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Rajiv Ram

At the recent Hague Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate change, on 2 November 2010, evergreen agriculture received unrivalled attention. Evergreen agriculture, defined as, “the combination of trees in farming systems (agroforestry) with the principles of conservation farming” , is gaining popularity as a way to combat land degradation as well as increasing small-holder production.