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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria, is the stability of the crop yields
in extreme climatological years, e.g., poor distribution of rain or poor rains. This aspect
of CA makes it particularly suitable for East Africa in view of its erratic rains in most
growing seasons, especially in the semiarid parts of the region. This aspect is also an
important consideration when it comes to climate change mitigation: under a climate
change scenario, the rains are expected to become even more erratic.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This account developed through the years from many discussions with colleagues
from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania; Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium; Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and
Cooperatives (MAFC), Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Uganda;
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Kenya; and the villagers and farm-
ers of Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanzania, where the authors conducted
long-term research on indigenous soil and water conservation using principles of
conservation agriculture. It is our pleasure to acknowledge these people. Some of the
materials reported in this chapter are collected from previous works initially funded
by various projects of which the authors would like to acknowledge: Promoting
Sustainable Natural Resource Management through Effective Governance and
Farmer-Market Linkages Project funded by the European Union through the
Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa
(ASARECA); the VLIR-UOS funded projects including the North South-South
Cooperation Programme (Conservation Agriculture for Restored Environment—
CARE VLIR NSSCP) project, the RIP-DSS Project on “Enhancing Indigenous
Knowledge on Conservation Agriculture for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable
Livelihood, Usambara Mountains, Lushoto, Tanzania”; and the Soil and Water
Conservation on the Uluguru Mountains Research Project under SUA-Flemish Inter-
University Council (SUA-VLIR Collaboration Programme).
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