They need cover crops for the off season to keep the ground covered and feed the soil microbes. They can also graze cattle on the cover crops that grow in the off season at least once and the cattle will fertilize the land and improve the soil before the next crop season.
It could be that it is a transition period. If the whole field is poor to start off with, it takes time (as in years) for it to recover. So you would do that with the soil outside of the planting pits. Mulching and not turning of that soil would help the non-tilled area recover first. Also don’t forget that these people in many cases also have to learn about composting and it is not easy to create compost just like that, it takes time and inputs. These people cannot afford to wait that long. Once land is recovering and the know-how is there, you could start with compost in the pits. Anyway, that’s just my take on it.
Why not contact the Africa centre for Holistic management at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe? The holistic management provides a framework which will compliment the type of conservation work you are teaching in your project. It seems a shame that people are attending courses there from the USA Australia and Kenya, when they are just over the border for Zambian farmers be they subsistence or commercial.
I agree fertilizer not good. Try ground cover instead, it preserves moisture and provides nutrients as the cover rots. Plant the legumes between the rows of corn also add a few fruit trees to provide a more canopy.
i will be very happy if we have a 100% mechanized approach to implementing conservation agriculture. This holing out with a hoe hmmmm . Our parents are suffering from diseases such as arthritis which were triggered by the hard manual labor. Lets work smart not working the harder and painful way. Lets embrace modern technology
La monoculture d'arachides ou de riz n'était aucunement payant et cela ne nourrit pas bien l'Africain. Les Africains ont un climat pour avoir une culture diversifié au maximum et avec l'abondance qui va avec, pour être comme au paradis. Et plus ils vont avoir de couvert végétale, plus ils vont avoir d'eau dans leurs sols et ainsi avoir moins besoin d'arrosé et le surplus d'eau qui tombe pendant la saison des pluies ira faire grossir les nappes phréatiques. Par contre il faut que cela demeure une agriculture diversifié, l'agriculteur Africain doit faire pousser de tout, dont les légumes, les fruits, les légumineuse.. sur sa terre car toute cette végétation s'entraide et à ce que chaque plante ne soit pas parasité.
They need cover crops for the off season to keep the ground covered and feed the soil microbes. They can also graze cattle on the cover crops that grow in the off season at least once and the cattle will fertilize the land and improve the soil before the next crop season.
This is very encouraging, we need more publicity for such programs.
Really encouraging and helpful 🙏
I dislike that u teach the farmers to use chemical fertilizer, why not 100 % organic?
It could be that it is a transition period. If the whole field is poor to start off with, it takes time (as in years) for it to recover. So you would do that with the soil outside of the planting pits. Mulching and not turning of that soil would help the non-tilled area recover first. Also don’t forget that these people in many cases also have to learn about composting and it is not easy to create compost just like that, it takes time and inputs. These people cannot afford to wait that long. Once land is recovering and the know-how is there, you could start with compost in the pits. Anyway, that’s just my take on it.
You try going organic in one year on a piece of land that is already tired. building soils takes time.
Please who can teach us here in luapula conservation farming, we need a demonstration
Why not contact the Africa centre for Holistic management at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe? The holistic management provides a framework which will compliment the type of conservation work you are teaching in your project. It seems a shame that people are attending courses there from the USA Australia and Kenya, when they are just over the border for Zambian farmers be they subsistence or commercial.
I agree fertilizer not good. Try ground cover instead, it preserves moisture and provides nutrients as the cover rots. Plant the legumes between the rows of corn also add a few fruit trees to provide a more canopy.
That's simply not true. Cover-cropping is not sufficient to replenish the soil. Needs manure or slurry as well, at a minimum.
This is great information. I really appreciate, as im planning to soon go into farming
Lovely documentary.
This is very interesting as it is helpful to farmers 🙏
Your video is very helpful, Will support and will be following.
Awesome. really impressive content
Great lessons am learning and what's the spacing from 1 plant to another and spacing per line?!
Zambia needs irrigation systems for farming in rural areas
Wow. This was very helpful
i will be very happy if we have a 100% mechanized approach to implementing conservation agriculture. This holing out with a hoe hmmmm . Our parents are suffering from diseases such as arthritis which were triggered by the hard manual labor. Lets work smart not working the harder and painful way. Lets embrace modern technology
Is sandy field suitable for conservative farming?
Who can help us here in nsama
La monoculture d'arachides ou de riz n'était aucunement payant et cela ne nourrit pas bien l'Africain.
Les Africains ont un climat pour avoir une culture diversifié au maximum et avec l'abondance qui va avec, pour être comme au paradis.
Et plus ils vont avoir de couvert végétale, plus ils vont avoir d'eau dans leurs sols et ainsi avoir moins besoin d'arrosé et le surplus d'eau qui tombe pendant la saison des pluies ira faire grossir les nappes phréatiques.
Par contre il faut que cela demeure une agriculture diversifié, l'agriculteur Africain doit faire pousser de tout, dont les légumes, les fruits, les légumineuse.. sur sa terre car toute cette végétation s'entraide et à ce que chaque plante ne soit pas parasité.
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Please who can teach us here in luapula conservation farming, we need a demonstration
very good, thank you for sharing this insight. Cheers From Tanzania
Great