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Tillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation globally, and more particularly in the developing regions. This is especially so in Africa where traditional agricultural practices have become unsustainable due to severe exploitation of natural resources with negative impacts on the environment and food system. In addition, agricultural land use in Africa today faces major challenges including increased costs, climate change and a need to transform to more sustainable production intensification systems. Conservation Agriculture has emerged as a major alternative sustainable climate smart agriculture approach in Africa and has spread to many African countries in the past decade as more development and research, including in sustainable mechanization, has enabled its extension and uptake. It is key to transforming Africa's agriculture and food system given its ability to restore soil health, biodiversity and productivity of millions of smallholder farms as well as larger-scale farms. This landmark volume is based on the material presented at the Second Africa Congress on Conservation Agriculture which was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 9-12 October 2018. The main theme of the Congress was 'Making Climate Smart Agriculture Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture: Supporting the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063'. The Congress was aligned to mobilize stakeholders in all agriculture sectors to provide greater technical, institutional, development and investment support, impetus and direction to the vision and agenda for transforming African agriculture as set out by the Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063. This book is aimed at all agricultural stakeholders in the public, private and civil sectors in Africa engaged in supporting the transformation of conventional tillage agriculture to Conservation Agriculture. The book will be of interest to: researchers, academics, students, development stakeholders, public and private sector investors and policy makers as well as institutional libraries across the world.

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Author:   Saidi Mkomwa (African Conservation Tillage (ACT), Nairobi) ,  Amir Kassam (University of Reading, UK) ,  Mohamed Annabi (National Institute of Agricultural Research in Tunisia-INRAT, Tunisia) ,  Haithem Bahri (Water and Forest-INRGRE. Tunisia, Tunisia)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.452kg
ISBN:  

9781789245745

ISBN 10:   1789245745
Pages:   536
Publication Date:   26 January 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Making Climate Smart Agriculture Real in Africa 1: The Malabo Declaration and Agenda 2063: Making Climate Smart Agriculture Real with Conservation Agriculture in Africa 2: Development of Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa 3: Climate Smart Agriculture for Africa: The Potential Role of Conservation Agriculture in Climate Smart Agriculture Part 2: Mainstreaming of Conservation Agriculture 4: Mainstreaming of the Conservation Agriculture paradigm in Africa 5: Challenges and Approaches to Accelerating the Uptake of Conservation Agriculture in Africa and Europe 6: Conservation Agriculture in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania: Learnings from Two Decades of Research for Development 7: Historical Review and Future Opportunities for Wider Scaling of Conservation Agriculture in Tunisia 8: Assessing the Application and Practice of Conservation Agriculture in Malawi Part 3: Research for Conservation Agriculture Systems Development 9: Research and Technology Development Needs for Scaling Up Conservation Agriculture Systems, Practices and Innovations in Africa 10: Moving paradigms – Conservation Agriculture with Alternative Agronomics to Minimize Inputs 11: Economic and Yield Comparisons of Different Crop and Crop–Pasture Production Systems 12: Livestock Integration in Conservation Agriculture 13: Enhancing Climate Resilience Using Stress-tolerant Maize in Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa 14: Tillage Effect on Agronomic Efficiency of Nitrogen Under Rainfed Conditions of Tanzania 15: Effect of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Properties and Maize Grain Yield in the Semi-Arid Laikipia County, Kenya 16: Increasing Adaptation to Climate Stress by Applying Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa 17: What Drives Small-scale Farmers to Adopt Conservation Agriculture Practices in Tanzania? 18: Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Health: Lessons from the University of Fort Hare Trial Part 4: Education and Training for Conservation Agriculture 19: Formal Education and Training for Conservation Agriculture in Africa 20: Strengthening Conservation Agriculture Education in Africa 21: Conservation Agriculture Innovation Systems Build Climate Resilience for Smallholder Farmers in South Africa 22: Lessons Learnt from Concern Worldwide's Conservation Agriculture Interventions in Malawi and Zambia, 2010–2018 23: Development of Adaptive Training Materials for Conservation Agriculture Promotion in Africa Part 5: Investing for Agricultural Transformation 24: Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization and Commercialization for Widespread Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Systems in Africa 25: Centres of Excellence in Conservation Agriculture: Developing African Institutions for Sustainable Agricultural Development 26: On-farm Experimentation for Scaling-out Conservation Agriculture Using an Innovation Systems Approach in the North West Province, South Africa 27: Conservation Agriculture for Climate Smart Agriculture in Smallholder Farming Systems in Kenya 28: Conservation Agriculture for Smallholder Farmers in Rainfed and Irrigated Systems in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain: Lessons Learned 29: Evaluation of the Technical Capacity of Artisans to Fabricate the Animal-powered Direct Seeder Super-Eco in Sénégal Part 6: The Future 30: The Future: Towards Agenda 2063

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Saidi Mkomwa (Edited By) Saidi Mkomwa is: (i) Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT) since 2008, (ii) Member of the International Steering Committee hosting the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th World Conservation Agriculture Congresses, (iii) Member of the Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) of ICRAF's Drylands Development Programme (DRYDEV), since 2016, (iv) Registered professional member of the Engineers' Registration Board of Tanzania, since 2002, and (v) Technical Secretary of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa) Amir H Kassam (Edited By) Amir Kassam is: (i) Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation Agriculture Community of Practice (CA-CoP), (ii) Chairman of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa); (iii) Vice-Chairman of the Conservation Agriculture Association of the United Kingdom (CA-UK); (iv) a Member of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF); (v) Visiting Professor in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK, where he teaches Conservation Agriculture; (vi) Convener of the Land Husbandry Group of the Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA), UK, Member of the Strategic Steering Group of the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI), UNEP, and Board member of the Asian Center of Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (ACISAI) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok. Kassam is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), and a member of several international advisory committees, Boards and Panels. He is cited in several 'Who is Who' in the UK and the USA. He has published widely. In 2005, Kassam was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Honours List for services to tropical agriculture and to rural development.

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