CIMMYT's strategy for catalyzing the adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa

Abstract

"Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a term that has been coined in the last 10 years to describe agricultural systems that include three major components: minimal soil movement, permanent cover of the soil surface generally with crops and crop residues, and crop rotation. ... There were several conceptual pillars upon which the project was built apart from the three basic principles of CA. These concepts, a result of CIMMYTs close involvement with CA work in South Asia and Latin America, included the following: