Recent Publications
- FAO REOSA POLICY BRIEF SEPTEMBER 2012: Reducing Disaster Risks to Food Security in Southern Africa: Towards Integration and Cooperation
Posted: 19 Sep 2012 - ECHO FS DRR Newsletter vo2 1 Issue 1 June 2012
Posted: 5 Jun 2012 - ECHO Food Security DRR Newsletter vol1 issue 11, September 2011
Posted: 6 Oct 2011 - CA in Southern Africa: Stories from the Field, Online Publication, September 2011
Posted: 30 Sep 2011 - FSNWG Terms of Reference
Posted: 26 Sep 2011 - Executive Brief:Southern Africa Flooding, 20 April 2011
Posted: 26 Sep 2011 - Executive Brief:Southern Africa Flooding, 11 March 2011
Posted: 26 Sep 2011 - Executive Brief:Southern Africa Flooding, 26 January 2011
Posted: 26 Sep 2011
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Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an approach to manage agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. CA is characterized by three linked principles: 1. Continuous minimum mechanical soil disturbance. Mechanical tillage is avoided or kept at an absolute minimum, and agrochemicals and organic or inorganic plant nutrients are applied optimally so as not to interfere with natural biological processes. Increasing organic matter on and in the soil is critical to maintaining a soil’s porosity, enhancing its moisture holding capacity and extending the availability of nutrients to crops. CA facilitates good agronomic practices such as timely operations, and improves overall land husbandry for rain-fed and irrigated production. In conjunction with with the use of quality seeds, integrated pest, nutrient, weed and water management as well as sustainable mechanization approaches, CA is a base for intensified, market-driven sustainable agricultural production. It opens up options for integrated production, such as crops with livestock and trees.
Latest News 05 August 2011, 00.00  I first heard about Conservation farming on a radio programme on Zodiac Station where they call it Ulimi wa Mlera nthaka. Then I got information from National Smallholder Association of Malawi because I am a member. I decided Highlights
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