Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07967
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John L. Woods Collection, Booklet published by the Extension Aids Section, Ministry of Agriculture, Zomba, Malawi. Booklet. 12 pages. Also, article containing identical copy in OVAC Bulletin, London, England.
Bentley, Jeffery (author), Boa, Eric (author), and Salm, Mundie (author)
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Report
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
International: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, ACP-EU, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08500
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ACDC holds citation information, introduction, contents page and the first three stories., Features workshop organized by Access Agriculture, Nairobi. 56 pages.
Online from publisher website., By embracing modern technology and engaging enthusiastic young people, the work of an NGO in Malawi is extending the reach of agricultural extension across the country.
12 pages, Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been widely promoted as a pathway to sustainably intensify agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet despite decades of promotion, CA uptake in SSA remains sparse with only few analyses of its impacts on farming and rural livelihoods. This study, which focuses on areas in Central Malawi considered to have a relatively high uptake of CA, uses analyses of satellite images, field observations, interviews with farmers, extension workers and other people involved in CA promotion, as well as a household survey, to investigate how CA has been adapted. We find that the three CA principles – (1) continuous minimum tillage, e.g. no-ridging, (2) permanent ground cover, and (3) crop rotation/intercropping – were not practiced as intended. First, one-third of non-ridged land was tilled during the growing season, and half was again ridged in the following season. Second, unless crop residues were added, the soil’s surface of non-ridged plots was usually bare at planting, causing weed control problems, and an increased risk of erosion. Most farmers added large volumes of crop residues to their non-ridged plots. They collected these from the surrounding fields, but this practice severely restricted the size of these plots. Third, crop rotation/intercropping was practiced less when farmers stopped ridging. Thus overall, very few farmers practised all of the three CA principles simultaneously. CA promotion appeared to only increase yields on plots where mulch was added, but this practice is not scalable. CA promotiondoes not seem to have provided substantial benefits for overall farm productivity, labour-savings or soil cons
Malawi: Extension Aids Branch, Department of Agriculture, Zomba, Malawi.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Oversized box 1 Document Number: D07925
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John L. Woods Collection., Cinematography teaching guide in ring binder. Developed in support of the Mass Communication Project, University of Missouri, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Part 1 - Basic photographic principles. 68 pages. Part 2 - Producing single system sound films in developing countries. Pages not numbered.
Malawi: Extension Aids Branch, Department of Agriculture, Zomba, Malawi.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Oversized box 1 Document Number: D07926
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John L. Woods Collection., Cinematography teaching guide in ring binder. Developed in support of the Mass Communication Project, University of Missouri, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Chapters 5-16. 122 pages.
Malawi: Extension Aids Branch, Department of Agriculture, Zomba, Malawi.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Oversized box 1 Document Number: D07927
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John L. Woods Collection., Cinematography teaching guide in ring binder. Developed in support of the Mass Communication Project, University of Missouri, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Shooting the film (chapters 17-24 - 114 pages); Editing the film (pages not numbered); Distributing the films (pages not numbered).
The Netherlands: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10122
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124 pages., Via website., This is the final report for the IICD-led Connect4Change programme implemented during 2011-215 in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Peru, Uganda, and Zambia. The Connect4Change programme was implemented by an alliance of Dutch development organisations, incl. IICD, Edukans, Cordaid, ICCO, Akvo and TTC Mobile.
