Conservation agriculture in maize-legume farming systems in Southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is based on three key principles: minimum soil disturbance, provision of permanent soil cover and the use of rotations or associations amongst other good agriculture practices. These CA principles are applicable to a wide range of crop production systems from low-yieldi...
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| author | Thierfelder, Christian L. Nyagumbo, Isaiah |
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| description | Conservation Agriculture (CA) is based on three key principles: minimum soil disturbance, provision of permanent soil cover and the use of rotations or associations amongst other good agriculture practices. These CA principles are applicable to a wide range of crop production systems from low-yielding, rainfed conditions to high-yielding, irrigated conditions. However, the techniques used may vary from place to place depending on farm power, system management conditions and farmer circumstances. CA aims at rebuilding the soil, optimizing crop production inputs especially labour, and increasing profits. The social and economic benefits gained from combining production and protecting the environment under CA, including reduced input and labour costs, are greater than those from production alone. With CA, farming communities become providers of more healthy living environments for the wider community through reduced use of fossil fuels and through conservation of environmental integrity and services. CA in maize-legume systems addresses major production challenges in farming areas of Eastern and Southern Africa where both cereals and legumes are commonly grown. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1219782025-11-06T13:02:27Z Conservation agriculture in maize-legume farming systems in Southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile Thierfelder, Christian L. Nyagumbo, Isaiah breeds varieties crop management livestock management processing technology information scaling up innovation conservation agriculture cropping systems maize Conservation Agriculture (CA) is based on three key principles: minimum soil disturbance, provision of permanent soil cover and the use of rotations or associations amongst other good agriculture practices. These CA principles are applicable to a wide range of crop production systems from low-yielding, rainfed conditions to high-yielding, irrigated conditions. However, the techniques used may vary from place to place depending on farm power, system management conditions and farmer circumstances. CA aims at rebuilding the soil, optimizing crop production inputs especially labour, and increasing profits. The social and economic benefits gained from combining production and protecting the environment under CA, including reduced input and labour costs, are greater than those from production alone. With CA, farming communities become providers of more healthy living environments for the wider community through reduced use of fossil fuels and through conservation of environmental integrity and services. CA in maize-legume systems addresses major production challenges in farming areas of Eastern and Southern Africa where both cereals and legumes are commonly grown. 2022-09-30 2022-09-30T12:20:27Z 2022-09-30T12:20:27Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121978 en https://ccafs.cgiar.org/resources/publications/conservation-agriculture-implementation-guidance-policymakers-and https://repository.cimmyt.org/handle/10883/4250?locale-attribute=en https://bit.ly/3DIydyx https://bit.ly/3BCDODW Open Access application/pdf Thierfelder, C. and Nyagumbo, I. 2022. Conservation agriculture in maize-legume farming systems in southern Africa. Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness (IPSR) Innovation Profile. CGIAR, September 2022. |
| spellingShingle | breeds varieties crop management livestock management processing technology information scaling up innovation conservation agriculture cropping systems maize Thierfelder, Christian L. Nyagumbo, Isaiah Conservation agriculture in maize-legume farming systems in Southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title | Conservation agriculture in maize-legume farming systems in Southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_full | Conservation agriculture in maize-legume farming systems in Southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_fullStr | Conservation agriculture in maize-legume farming systems in Southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conservation agriculture in maize-legume farming systems in Southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_short | Conservation agriculture in maize-legume farming systems in Southern Africa: IPSR Innovation Profile |
| title_sort | conservation agriculture in maize legume farming systems in southern africa ipsr innovation profile |
| topic | breeds varieties crop management livestock management processing technology information scaling up innovation conservation agriculture cropping systems maize |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121978 |
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