Sustainable Agriculture Resource Hub

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This manual provides some guidelines to good agricultural practices and the type of machinery available in increasing production and productivity in wheat production in Kenya and Tanzania. The targeted users of the manual are mainly medium and small-scale farmers engaged in wheat production, using hand, draught animal and tractor-based mechanization. The manual consid- ers sustainable and climate-smart mechanization options. Some of the machines described/ discussed are those under the Africa Agricentre of Excellence (AAE) project implemented by Kibaigwa Flour Supplies in Tanzania and Tinga in Kenya in partnership with the AAE private sector consortium comprised of Grimme, Poettinger and Bayer.

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This manual provides some guidelines to good agricultural practices and the type of machinery available in increasing production and productivity in potato production. The targeted users of the manual are mainly smallholder farmers engaged in potato production, using hand, draught animal and tractor-based mechanization. The manual considers sustainable and climate-smart mechanization options. Some of the machines described/discussed are those under the Africa Agricentre of Excellence (AAE) project implemented by Kibaigwa Flour Supplies in Tanzania and Tinga in Kenya in partnership with the AAE private sector consortium comprised of Grimme, Pottinger and Bayer.

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Maize is a popular staple food in Kenya and Tanzania. It accounts for instance an average pro- duction of 4.4 million tons for the period 2010 to 2013 in Kenya (FAO, 2015; Esilaba et, al. 2021) and contributes to about 65% of daily per capita cereal consumption and serves as subsistence and a commercial crop grown on an estimated 1.4 million hectares. Maize production accounts for more than 20% of the total agricultural production and 25% of agricultural employment in the country (Esilaba et, al. 2021).

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Mwongozo huu unatoa mwanga na kanuni bora za kilimo kwa kutumia aina mbalimbali za mashine zinazopatikana katika kuongeza uzalishaji na tija wa zao la kanola. Watumiaji lengwa wa mwongozo huu ni wakulima wadogo wanaojishughulisha na uzalishaji wa kanola kwa kutumia mikono, wanyamakazi na mashine za trekta. Mwongozo huu unazingatia matumizi ya zana katika kilimo endelevu kinachokabiliana na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa.

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L’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies (AGNU) a officiellement adopté les objectifs de développement durable (ODD) le 25 septembre 2015. Ces derniers s’appuient sur les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement (OMD) et se concentrent sur la construction d’un monde accordant autant de valeur à la durabilité environnementale qu’à l’inclusion sociale et au développement économique. Les ODD proposent une vision d’un monde plus équitable, plus prospère, plus pacifique et plus durable tant dans les pays développés que dans les pays en développement. Les ODD sont étroitement liés aux travaux de la FAO. Le premier et le deuxième objectifs, «Pas de pauvreté» et «Faim “zéro”», se rapportent à trois des objectifs stratégiques de la FAO: «Contribuer à éliminer la faim, l’insécurité alimentaire et la malnutrition», «Rendre l’agriculture, la foresterie et la pêche plus productives et plus durables» et «Réduire la pauvreté rurale». Intervenant en séance plénière de l’ONU en septembre 2015, le directeur général de la FAO a fait observer que le deuxième objectif, qui est d’«éliminer la faim, l’insécurité alimentaire et la malnutrition», doit être poursuivi d’urgence, car des progrès rapides dans ce domaine sont essentiels à la réalisation des autres objectifs.

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Canola (Brassica napus) is a specific type of rapeseed plant associated with high-quality oil and meal. Canola/Rapeseed was the third-leading source of vegetable oil in the world in 2000, after soybean and palm oil. It is the world’s second-leading source of protein meal after soybean. Many oil seed crops (for example sunflower, soybeans, rapeseed, sesame, ground nuts) are grown in East Africa. But Canola is preferred in Kenya because it is very high yielding (1.5 – 4 tons/ha) with an oil content of 42-46%. The co-product (meal) is high in protein (48%) and very useful in livestock feed formulation. Canola oil can also be used for manufacturing biodiesel. As a rotation crop, it has numerous benefits for the soil and the farmers. Canola can either be sold to processors or growers who can set up light industries locally for processing the oil. The market for the oil is readily available due to its high quality. Canola has huge potential as an income generator in the region as an oil crop and livestock feed.