Advanced Course-Asia: Conservation Agriculture - Gateway foy sustainable intensification of Smallholder System

Description

This course links the advances and multidisciplinary approach for sustainable intensification of maize and wheat based system,restoration of natural resource degradation and climate resilient production systems with vast expertise of CIMMYT researcher and partners.

Objectives
  1. Develop enhanced understanding on the principles of CA, application of new tools and techniques and scale appropriate CA machinery for diverse production systems, agro-ecologies and farm typologies, Component technologies for CA based SI viz. genotype adapted to CA, crop enhancement, precision water & nutrient management, weed management strategies, crop residue management using advanced tools and techniques including remote sensing, crop modeling.
  2. Acquire skills to plan and manage long-term basic and strategic research trials on CA and monitor soil, plant and GHG emissions under contrasting scenarios.
  3. Generate scientifically-sound hypotheses, data management strategies, and interpret data and summarize them into scientifically sound conclusions and recommendations and linking to knowledge networks. Understanding on farming systems analysis, typologies, innovation system, business models for targeting and scaling with impact at scales.