*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow the announcement for the 5th Webinar in the Road to
the 8WCCA series. The webinar will be on the 4th sub-theme of the World
Congress *'Promoting CA-based knowledge and innovation systems and
information sharing and communication'* and will be presented by Eng. Saidi
Mkomwa on Wednesday 16 December 2020 at 14:00-15:00 hrs (Rome Time – CET).
Apologies for any cross-posting.
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
*Global CA-CoP*
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URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture
A key area of continuing need in the transformation of tillage-based
agriculture to Conservation Agriculture (CA) is the necessity to generate,
organize, process, analyse and share knowledge and information regarding
different CA farming systems that are adapted to the prevailing biophysical
and socio-economic conditions. Reliable empirical and scientific evidence
from knowledge and innovation systems are needed across the value chains
and sectors related to management of CA systems to create awareness and
understanding, formulate policies, provide institutional support and
accelerate the spread of good quality CA systems.
This sub-theme presentation will focus on CA-related knowledge and
innovation systems including farmer-based innovation systems, and on-farm
systems research that are successfully supporting CA adoption and scaling,
and the associated productivity, economic, environmental and social
impacts. It will also elaborate CA-based knowledge sharing and
communication approaches, including through social media, web-based
interactive platforms, on-line learning and training resources, and farmer
networks. The sub-theme will touch upon ways to meet knowledge and
information needs of all CA stakeholders involved in promoting and
supporting CA adoption and mainstreaming.
*Promoting CA-based knowledge and innovation systems and information
sharing and communication**Wednesday 16 December 2020*
*14:00-15:00 hrs (Rome Time – CET)*
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*Saidi Mkomwa* is Executive Director of the African Conservation Tillage
Network (ACT), a pan-African not-for-profit organization promoting
sustainable agriculture based on Conservation Agriculture principles and
practices complemented with sustainable agricultural mechanization and is
the current Chairperson of the Conservation Agriculture Regional Working
Group for Southern Africa (CARWG).
Under his leadership, ACT has widened its international and continental
stakeholder membership through the first and second Africa congresses on
Conservation agriculture who’s’ declarations resolved to broaden and
prioritize the scope of interventions to include Policy, political
commitment and leadership support; Private sector engagement; Training,
extension, research and innovation; and Knowledge support. The ACT network
has thus partnered and contributed to the continental agenda specifically
on the Malabo Declaration and the Framework for Sustainable Agricultural
Mechanization for Africa.
Saidi is current technical secretary of the International Conservation
Agriculture Advisory Panel for Africa (ICAAP-Africa) and editor of the
continental network CA news alert. He has published extensively on
smallholder mechanization, Conservation Agriculture and entrepreneurship.
He has presided over regional development projects in West Africa, Eastern
and Southern Africa with support of development partners including AGRA,
Canadian Foodgrains Bank, COMESA, European Union, FAO, IFAD and NORAD.
Saidi holds an MSc in Engineering from the University of Guelph, Canada,
and a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dar es
salaam Tanzania.
Agenda
*Moderator – Prof. Dr. Emilio Gonzalez-Sanchez (ECAF, ETSIAM-University of
Cordoba, Spain)*
1. * Introduction to the webinar– Prof. Dr. Emilio Gonzalez-Sanchez
(ECAF, ETSIAM-University of Cordoba, Spain)*
2. *Promoting CA-based knowledge and innovation systems and information
sharing and communication - Mr. Saidi Mkomwa (Executive Director of the
African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT)), Kenya*
3. *Questions and answers*
4. *Closing remarks – FAO/ECAF*
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