Browsing by Author "CA2Africa"

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  • CA2Africa: Conservation Agriculture in Africa - Analysing and FoReseeing its Impact - Comprehending its Adoption
    CA2Africa (CA2Africa, 2011)
    This website provides an overview of CA2Africa, a consortium of international partners (CIRAD, TSBF-CIAT, ZALF, ACT, ICARDA, INERA, CIMMYT, INRA, CSIC, WU) geared towards evaluating the impact and constraints to the adoption of Conservation Agriculture practices in Africa. Over 30 months, this project seeks to review past and present CA experiences in order to determine which programs and/or practices improve the socio-economic position of smallholders. This website provides access to case studies, products of this research, as well as links to additional CA resources relevant to Africa.
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    CA2Africa: Conservation Agriculture in Africa - Analysing and FoReseeing its Impact - Comprehending its Adoption Newsletter No. 2
    CA2Africa (CA2Africa, 2011)
    CA2Africa is a 30-month project between African, European, and international partners dedicated to assessing the impact of Conservation Agriculture (CA) on the livelihoods of small farmers in Africa. This newsletter provides on overview of the project itself, CA in Tunisia and Zimbabwe, a new farming systems modeling tool (Olympe), and the Qualitative Expert Assessment Tool (QAtoCA).
  • Conservation agriculture: A reality check for adopting CA in sub-Saharan Africa and QAToCA - a qualitative expert assessment tool for CA adoption
    Corbeels, Marc (2011)
    Many socio-economic, political, biological, and market issues influence the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in sub-Saharan Africa. The following presentation reviews QAToCA, a qualitative expert assessment tool that can be used to predict the likelihood of adoption and scalability of those innovations.
  • Qualitative Expert Assessment Tool for CA Adoption (QAToCA)
    CA2Africa (2011-12-13)
    The Qualitative Expert Assessment Tool for CA Adoption (QAToCA) is a means to gauge the likelihood of adoption of conservation agriculture practices. This resource is a spreadsheet which takes into account Object of Adoption, Capacity of Implementing Institution, Attributes of Dissemination (Diffusion) Strategy, Political/Institutional Framework, CA Products and Inputs Market Conditions, and Perception of Community Towards CA. Analytical methodologies of results are also provided.
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    Tailoring Conservation Agriculture to Local Contexts and Conditions of Smallholder Farmers in Africa
    Corbeels, Marc; Triomphe, B.; Tittonell, Pablo; Affholder, F.; Lahmar, R.; Scopel, E.; Alary, V.; Jourdain, D. (2010)
    This presentation provides an overview of the need for and challenges to adapting Conservation Agriculture practices to local conditions and social context in Sub-Saharan Africa. Major constraints addressed are start-up costs coupled with longer term yield increases, poor access to markets, and the need for capacity building prior to implementation.