Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems

The Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices with increased acceptance across the globe are being considered as harbinger for sustainable intensification of smallholder production systems. Its positive impact on natural resources, and adaptation to and mitigation of climate change effects are widely...

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Main Authors: Jat, Mangi Lal, Sidhu, Harminder S., Kalvaniya, Kailash C., Rana, Dharamvir Singh
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116348
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author Jat, Mangi Lal
Sidhu, Harminder S.
Kalvaniya, Kailash C.
Rana, Dharamvir Singh
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Kalvaniya, Kailash C.
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Sidhu, Harminder S.
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description The Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices with increased acceptance across the globe are being considered as harbinger for sustainable intensification of smallholder production systems. Its positive impact on natural resources, and adaptation to and mitigation of climate change effects are widely acknowledged. In developing world specially Asia and Africa, CA is a relatively new introduction and hence capacity development is vital for development, adaptation and scaling CA based technologies for impact at scale on smallholder farmers in these regions. The training objectives were centered on understanding Conservation Agriculture (CA) and its applications in Asia and Africa. The key findings from the training were that participants need more collaboration with educational institutions and stakeholders when it comes to new knowledge and information, that they would need to re-visit the research, education, and extension linkages vis-à-vis the CA practices, and that the information gained during the course had to cascade to students and the farming community. The participants were pleased that the CA practices was out and that they could begin to explore different areas they could implement on-site in their contexts. Furthermore, participants noted that the CA practices was a useful technology to their work situations. Finally, the participants stated that the partnerships they had with the different experts represented by the different institutions was paramount to the subsequent programs and activities, that would follow the CA practices.
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spelling CGSpace1163482025-12-10T12:45:05Z Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems Jat, Mangi Lal Sidhu, Harminder S. Kalvaniya, Kailash C. Rana, Dharamvir Singh climate change agriculture food security conservation agriculture The Conservation Agriculture (CA) practices with increased acceptance across the globe are being considered as harbinger for sustainable intensification of smallholder production systems. Its positive impact on natural resources, and adaptation to and mitigation of climate change effects are widely acknowledged. In developing world specially Asia and Africa, CA is a relatively new introduction and hence capacity development is vital for development, adaptation and scaling CA based technologies for impact at scale on smallholder farmers in these regions. The training objectives were centered on understanding Conservation Agriculture (CA) and its applications in Asia and Africa. The key findings from the training were that participants need more collaboration with educational institutions and stakeholders when it comes to new knowledge and information, that they would need to re-visit the research, education, and extension linkages vis-à-vis the CA practices, and that the information gained during the course had to cascade to students and the farming community. The participants were pleased that the CA practices was out and that they could begin to explore different areas they could implement on-site in their contexts. Furthermore, participants noted that the CA practices was a useful technology to their work situations. Finally, the participants stated that the partnerships they had with the different experts represented by the different institutions was paramount to the subsequent programs and activities, that would follow the CA practices. 2021-11-20 2021-11-26T13:06:41Z 2021-11-26T13:06:41Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116348 en Open Access application/pdf Jat ML, Sidhu HS, Kalvaniya KC and Rana DS. 2021. Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems. Training Report, P-10. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA).
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agriculture
food security
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Jat, Mangi Lal
Sidhu, Harminder S.
Kalvaniya, Kailash C.
Rana, Dharamvir Singh
Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems
title Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems
title_full Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems
title_fullStr Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems
title_full_unstemmed Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems
title_short Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Systems
title_sort conservation agriculture gateway for sustainable intensification of smallholder systems
topic climate change
agriculture
food security
conservation agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116348
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