enhancing farmer productive capacity: case of action research based conservation agriculture

Enhancing Farmer Productive Capacity: Case of Action Research Based Conservation Agriculture

The study sought to explore approaches for co-creation of conservation agriculture (CA) knowledge amongst farmers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), government and specialist researchers. The aim of the study was to explore farmer initiated food security strategies among small holder resource poor farmers, through enhancement of farmers’ own productive capacity. The study was born out of th...

Productive engagement with agriculture essential to monarch butterfly conservation

Since the GreenRevolution, the increasingproductivity of agriculture has largely been driven by intensification, i.e. the use of monocultures of selected crop varieties coupled with increased applications of fertilizers and pesticides to increase crop yield. An unfortunate side effect of intensification is that agricultural landscapes around the globe have become increasingly simplified [1]. Wh...

Enhancing Crop-Livestock Systems in Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Production Intensification A Farmer Discovery Process Going to Scale in Burkina Faso Enhancing Crop-Livestock Systems in Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Production Intensification FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Translating research into action; bumblebee conservation as a case study

Bumblebees belong to the genus Bombus, which comprises about 250 species, largely confined to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. They are wholly dependent on flowers for their energetic and developmental requirements. Most are social species, with nest sizes varying from 50 to 400 workers. As such, they have attracted considerable attention regarding their role as pollinators. There is a growin...

Enhancing the labour absorption capacity of Pacific agriculture

In this policy note I wish to make four points. First, for most of the Pacific island countries (including Papua New Guinea), but particularly for the larger land-rich Melanesian countries, the present focus for employment for the bulk of the population and for economic growth should be on promoting productivity growth in agriculture. Second, while having some benefits for Pacific countries, th...

Farmer Selection and Conservation of Crop Varieties

After domestication, plant species were often transported widely, and many genetically distinct farmers’ varieties (FVs, crop varieties traditionally maintained and grown by farmers) developed in specific locations. FVs continue to be grown today by many small-scale farmers in traditionally-based agricultural systems (TBAS), fulfilling both local or regional consumption needs, as well as the la...