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CIMMYT, Conservation agriculture, Cowpea, DRYLANDSCRP, Intensification, Research, Southern Africa, Zambia

Diversification with cowpea provides new opportunities for smallholders in Zambia

Drought-tolerant cowpea has become an attractive crop among rural Zambian farmers, thanks to USAID’s Feed the Future initiative in Eastern Province. Cowpea is now more frequently used ...

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CIMMYT, Conservation agriculture, DRYLANDSCRP, Extension, Intensification, Maize, Research, Southern Africa, Zambia

Good agriculture practices―low hanging fruits for Zambian farmers

Good agriculture practices (GAPs) are the low-hanging fruits for extension of new technologies. They are easily adoptable, give farmers an immediate benefit, and help in the gradual ...

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CIMMYT, Conservation agriculture, DRYLANDSCRP, Intensification, Research, Southern Africa, Zambia

Conservation agriculture – a system to adapt to climate variability and declining soil fertility in Zambia

Remarkable results are emerging from Africa RISING project activities in Eastern Province of Zambia. More than 20,000 farmers have been exposed to CA by SIMLEZA-Africa RISING, the ...

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CIMMYT, Conservation agriculture, Crop-Livestock, DRYLANDSCRP, Intensification, Manure, Research, Southern Africa, Zambia

Improved manure management – getting more from a limited resource

In the cropping season of 2015/2016, Africa RISING expanded its work in Zambia under the Sustainable Intensification theme to trials on improved manure handling.

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