About the RUFORUM 2010 Biennal Conference
"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholders in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Natural Resource Management"
Translating integrated soil fertility management empirical knowledge into action through participatory learning and marketing with farmers in Zimbabwe
Abstract:
In this paper we report on findings from a co-learning experience
we undertook with smallholder farmers in two areas in
Zimbabwe aimed at developing their capacity to apply integrated
soil fertility management (ISFM) options to improve food
security. We were interested in improving farmers’
understanding of ISFM and its practices. Constraints to
increased productivity were common in the two areas and
included poor soils, high costs and poor access to mineral
fertilizers, low availability of organic nutrient resources and poor
market access for both inputs and outputs. Through this work,
policy guidelines to improve smallholder farmers to access and
use the various sustainable farming technologies are being
drafted.
En cet article, nous parlons à propos des résultats d’une
expérience de co-apprentissage que nous avons entreprise
ensemble avec des petits fermiers dans deux régions au
Zimbabwe, ceux-ci étant appelés à développer leur capacité
d’appliquer des options de gestion intégrée de fertilité du sol
(ISFM) pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire. Nous étions
intéressés à l’amélioration du niveau de compréhension des
agriculteurs de la gestion intégrée de la fertilité du sol ISFM et
de ses pratiques. Les contraintes à la productivité accrue
étaient communes dans les deux régions et inclus les sols
pauvres, les coûts élevés et l’accès pauvre aux engrais minéraux,
la faible disponibilité des ressources nutritives organiques et
l’accès pauvre au marché pour les besoins et la production.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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Southern Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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631-635
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