Burkina Fasso and Niger

Soil and water conservation in the drylands have transformed formerly degraded lands. The average family has shifted from being in cereal deficit of 644 kg per year (equivalent to 6.5 months of food shortage) to producing an annual surplus of 153 kg.

Ethiopia

Some 12,500 households have adopted conservation agriculture, resulting in a 60% increase in crop yields.

Ethiopia

Yields of crops from composted plots were 3 - 5 times higher than those treated only with chemicals.

Senegal

Projects promoted stall-fed livestock, composting systems, green manures, water harvesting systems and rock phosphate. Yields of millet and peanuts increased dramatically by 75% - 195% and 75% - 165% respectively.

Kenya

In Kenya, 500 farmers on some 1000 hectares have seen maize yields improve from about 2 to 4 t/ha following the application of soil conservation, soil fertility and organic agriculture methods.

Kenya

A range of biological pest management methods together with legumes, cover crops and green manures for soil fertility improvement resulted in a doubling of beans and groundnut yields from 300 to 600 kg/ha.

Kenya

Smallholder farmers were trained in natural soil fertility management; integrated environmentally friendly weed, pest and disease protection; on-farm soil and water conservation techniques; and farm level seed conservation, with a resulting 50% increase in productivity and 40% increase in income.

Kenya

More than 1000 farmers in low soil fertility areas increased maize yields to 3414 kg/ha (71% increase in productivity) and bean yields to 258 kg/ha (158% increase in productivity) as compared to traditional agriculture, by incorporating soil fertility management, crop diversification and improved crop management.

Malawi

Integration of pond fish culture into low-input farm systems with some 2000 farmers increased vegetable yields from 2700 to 4000 kg/ha, with the fish ponds producing the equivalent of 1500 kg/ha of fish, a new source of food for households.

South Africa

Soil and water conservation through the use of green manure and composts and various techniques such as crop rotation, intercropping, and ridge tillage has seen an increase in crop productivity.

Tanzania/Kenya

Through the FAO Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme, 2500 farmers received training on CSA resulting in; 300 energy-efficient cooking stoves to reduce deforestation

・ 44 tree nurseries

・ 134,381 seedlings in stock and more than 33,500 tree seedlings planted

・ 235 terraces established to conserve soil and water

・ 2 biogas digesters to produce renewable energy from cow manure

Mount Kilimanjaro

FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems Initiative (GIAHS), activities were piloted in 660 households to enhance farmers’ cash income while preserving the ecological and social integrity of the Kihamba system. The following results are expected;

・ Rehabilitation of the irrigation system to reduce water loss and expansion of the capacity of storage ponds to cope with longer dry seasons due to climate change.

・ Training in sustainable land management.

・ The interventions in coffee management alone are expected to increase farm cash income by 25 percent in three years.