Creating an evergreen agriculture in Africa for food security and environmental resilience

Project to double or even triple smallholder maize yields using sustainable techniques that regenerate the natural resource base without an overall increase in labour or the need to apply nitrogen fertilizers, using agroforestry techniques and conservation agriculture techniques. The Farmer Managed...

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Autor principal: Gonsalves, Julian Francis
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36090
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description Project to double or even triple smallholder maize yields using sustainable techniques that regenerate the natural resource base without an overall increase in labour or the need to apply nitrogen fertilizers, using agroforestry techniques and conservation agriculture techniques. The Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration movement in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, which has had tremendous impact, has influenced ICRAF, and they are seeking to build on/improve this.
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spelling CGSpace360902024-01-17T12:58:34Z Creating an evergreen agriculture in Africa for food security and environmental resilience Gonsalves, Julian Francis agriculture maize Project to double or even triple smallholder maize yields using sustainable techniques that regenerate the natural resource base without an overall increase in labour or the need to apply nitrogen fertilizers, using agroforestry techniques and conservation agriculture techniques. The Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration movement in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, which has had tremendous impact, has influenced ICRAF, and they are seeking to build on/improve this. 2013 2014-06-11T15:39:00Z 2014-06-11T15:39:00Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36090 en Open Access CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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Creating an evergreen agriculture in Africa for food security and environmental resilience
title Creating an evergreen agriculture in Africa for food security and environmental resilience
title_full Creating an evergreen agriculture in Africa for food security and environmental resilience
title_fullStr Creating an evergreen agriculture in Africa for food security and environmental resilience
title_full_unstemmed Creating an evergreen agriculture in Africa for food security and environmental resilience
title_short Creating an evergreen agriculture in Africa for food security and environmental resilience
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