Conservation agriculture (CA) in Tanzania: the case of the Mwangaza B CA farmer field school (FFS), Rhotia Village, Karatu District, Arusha

• Published in: International journal of agricultural sustainability Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 145 - 152
• Main Authors: Owenya, Marietha Z, Mariki, Wilfred L, Kienzle, Josef, Friedrich, Theodor, Kassam, Amir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Taylor & Francis Group 01.02.2011; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Agriculture; Conservation; Corn; cover crops; Crops; farmer; Farmers; field; Food; Food and Agriculture Organization; food security; hunger; Land use planning; livelihood; Livestock; Meetings; Population; Population density; poverty; Rain; ripping; Rural areas; Rural development; school; schools; Soil erosion; Soil fertility; soil health; sustainability; sustainable land management; Towns; villages; Germany; Tanzania; United Nations
• ISSN: 1473-5903; 1747-762X
• DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2010.0557

This project was initiated to promote conservation agriculture (CA) in Tanzania so as to improve the food security and rural livelihood of small- and medium-scale farmers through the scaling-up of CA as a sustainable land management (SLM) tool as well as increasing the numbers of SLM-CA farmer field schools (FFS) in communities. The project had two phases from 2004 to 2010. It was funded by a Government of Germany trust fund and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture in Tanzania. The project pilot districts include Arumeru (Arusha and Meru Councils), Karatu, Babati, Hanang and Moshi districts. CA has been shown to offer positive elements that could contribute to fighting hunger and poverty.