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FAO econsultation on Crop-Livestock Systems is now closed. Weekly summaries...

see FAO website The Consultation process will now move into the second part which is the face-to-face Workshop scheduled to be held from 23-26 March 2010 at Embrapa, Sete Lagaos, Minas Geráis, Brazil....

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Balancing livestock needs and soil conservation in West Africa

The final report of the SLP projet Balancing livestock needs and soil conservation: assessment of opportunities in intensifying cereal–livestock systems in West Africa led by IITA in collaboration with...

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5th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture – 26 and 29 of September 2011...

The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) will support the 5th WCCA and 3rd FSD be held in Australia in September...

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Is the Brazilian model transforming agriculture replicable/desirable?

Brazil has revolutionised its own farms. Can it do the same for others? An interesting article in the Economist on the transformation of farming systems in the cerrado of Brazil. Certainly addressing...

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Interested by crop residue tradeoffs in mixed systems? Read more about our...

Smallholders in mixed crop–livestock systems make up a large proportion of the farming enterprises in developing countries. In these systems, crop residues are an important component of production...

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Regional Conservation Agriculture Symposium, in Johannesburg, South Africa,...

CARWG with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), The African Conservation...

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Crop residue tradeoffs in crop-livestock systems: Preliminary comparisons of...

Important components of the ‘Optimizing benefits from crop residues in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Africa and South Asia regional case studies’ project are village and household surveys in...

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Crop residue tradeoffs in crop-livestock systems: Project teams meet in Addis...

This week, research teams on the SLP-supported project ‘Optimizing benefits from crop residues in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Africa and South Asia regional case studies’ are meeting in Addis...

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First newsletter of CA2Africa CIRAD project

CA2Africa project (Conservation Agriculture in AFRICA: Analysing and Foreseeing its Impact – Comprehending its Adoption) is seeking to understand why Conservation Agriculture (CA) techniques have not...

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An international consultation on integrated crop-livestock systems for...

The Technical Consultation on Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems for Development reported in this document was the culmination of a collaborative process in which FAO, IICA, EMBRAPA and IFAD and many...

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5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture; 3rd Farming Systems Design...

The co-location of WCCA and FSD, with input from Landcare, provides a great opportunity to explore the application of conservation agriculture practices and principles in a systems context with...

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Competing uses, dynamics, and production and utilization constraints of crop...

Kindu Mekonnen, SLP associate researcher of the East Africa team writes: “Biomass is a crucial resource for smallholder farmers. Crop residues form an important source of biomass but there are...

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SLP participation in the 5th World Congress of Conservation Agriculture...

SLP was part of the 5th WCCA & 3rd FSD held in Brisbane, Australia last week. Diego Valbuena (SLP Postdoc Scientist) gave an overview on the crop residue use in different mixed crop-livestock...

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Agriculture intensification and crop residue use: some preliminary results...

The SLP regional team in Southern Africa writes: “SLP Southern Africa presented the first results of the SLP-Southern Africa regional case study at the 10th African Crop Science Society Conference,...

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EcoAgriculture Partners releases a discussion paper on Performance and...

This Discussion Paper published by EcoAgriculture Partners with support from CARE and WWF-US examines how Conservation Agriculture (CA) might support climate change adaptation and mitigation in the...

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First publication of the CGIAR SLP crop residue project

The first peer-reviewed publication of the Systemwide Livestock Programme (SLP) crop residue project is now on-line in Field Crops Research. This paper describes the options and challenges of...

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Nature discusses fertilizer use and more sustainable ways of food production...

This week Nature discusses about increasing food production in Sub-Saharan Africa by using fertilizer (supported by subsidies) or by implementing more sustainable ways such as conservation agriculture,...

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Conservation agriculture common on large commercial farms but tricky for...

A recent article in INSIGHTS* describes why “no-till cultivation is a key element in conservation agriculture and is one of many practices designed by farmers, extension agents, and scientists to make...

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Trade-offs of crop residue use in Kenya: Conservation Agriculture

Researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) analysed potential trade-offs in maize residue use as soil mulch and livestock feed in mixed crop-livestock systems in...

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Three PhD positions on system trajectories, diversity and cross-scale...

CIMMYT and Wageningen University are looking for three highly motivated and inquisitive PhD candidates to investigate the development trajectories of cereal-based systems in Mexico, South Asia and...

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