Developments

A pilot project in India and Nigeria is learning some interesting lessons from five very different sites about building capacity for change around the issue of fodder scarcity.

By analysing problems and extrapolating solutions from small areas to large, scientists in Africa are able to recommend new farming practices that can help to protect agricultural production in the face of climate change.

At a recent conference reviewing 20 years of Ethiopian experience of the Vetiver System (VS), delegates agreed that the use of VS in Ethiopia should be scaled-up, as well as introduced for non-farm purposes.

In Ghana, a team of farmers has been given technical training in video production, and have made eight short training films on different aspects of cocoa farming. Through video viewing clubs, the 'best practice' messages are now reaching hundreds of cocoa growers.