The implementation of climate change response programmes for adaptation and resilience
is anchored on western scientific knowledge. However, this has led to a tendency to …

Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), diminishing soil fertility has been experienced from
continuous crop** and low nutrient replacement. Organic inputs and minimum tillage are …

Among environmental challenges, sustainable agricultural practices (SAP) are imperative to
attain better agricultural productivity and food security status of smallholder farms in sub …

Conservation Agriculture (CA) aims to concurrently promote agricultural productivity, local
livelihoods, climate resilience and other environmental objectives. We review the emerging …

Conservation agriculture (CA), which consists of minimum soil disturbance, crop residue
retention and crop rotation, is claimed to generate a number of agronomic, economic and …

We determine and compare technical efficiency (TE), technology gap ratios (TGRs) and
meta-frontier technical efficiency (MTEs) of maize production between regions using …

Conservation agriculture (CA) is heralded as a means to increase yields and reverse land
degradation in sub-Saharan Africa, but low adoption levels have led to concerns about its …

We determine the impacts of conservation farming (CF) practices on crop net revenue of
smallholder farm households using nationally representative household and plot survey …

Despite more than three decades of promotion, conservation agriculture (CA) has not been
widely adopted by smallholder farmer in sub-Saharan Africa. This low rate of adoption …

Conservation agriculture (CA) represents a paradigm shift towards more sustainable and
climate-smart intensification of smallholder farming systems in southern Africa. This can only …