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Tailoring Conservation Agriculture to Local Contexts and Conditions of Smallholder Farmers in Africa

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dc.contributorCA2Africaen
dc.contributor.authorCorbeels, Marcen
dc.contributor.authorTriomphe, B.en
dc.contributor.authorTittonell, Pabloen
dc.contributor.authorAffholder, F.en
dc.contributor.authorLahmar, R.en
dc.contributor.authorScopel, E.en
dc.contributor.authorAlary, V.en
dc.contributor.authorJourdain, D.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:31:04Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:31:04Zen
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier5058en
dc.identifier.citationPresented at the XI European Society for Agronomy Congress, Montpellier, France, 29 August - 3 September 2010en
dc.identifier.other5058_tailoring_ca_to_local_contexts_in_africa.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70298en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSocial impactsen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectTenure systemen
dc.subjectSocial capitalen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectInstitutional capacity buildingen
dc.subjectConservation tillageen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.subjectLocal contexten
dc.subjectCA adoptionen
dc.subjectLabor divisionsen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale Watersheden
dc.titleTailoring Conservation Agriculture to Local Contexts and Conditions of Smallholder Farmers in Africaen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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