to develop sustainable African agricultural productivity and farm income growth model through strengthening green manure cultivation and livestock manure utilization

Duration

• December 2022 ~ November 2024 (2 years)

Participating countries

• Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Activities

• 1^st year
  - Understand the range of nutrients in crops and animal feeds
  - Conduct baseline survey
  - Nitrogen-fixing plant and livestock manure testing in various crop and livestock systems
  - Gathering national and global experiences on the use of nutrients to improve agricultural productivity
• 2^nd year
  - Documentation of Year 1 progress
  - Development of a sustainable project on the use of nitrogen-fixing plants and livestock manure to improve agricultural productivity
  - National or continental level exchange of experiences on lessons learned from pilot research