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Increasing African Homestead Farming System Production and Productivity

Increasing African Homestead Farming System Production and Productivity. What is a Farming System?. Where a household (HH) lives, grows HH crops and raise their HH animals. Homestead management Access to input supply systems Gardening and tree cropping Field cropping systems

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Increasing African Homestead Farming System Production and Productivity

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  1. Increasing African Homestead Farming System Production and Productivity

  2. What is a Farming System? • Where a household (HH) lives, grows HH crops and raise their HH animals. • Homestead management • Access to input supply systems • Gardening and tree cropping • Field cropping systems • Animal production systems • Post harvest problems and potential solutions

  3. The Homestead Household • Household compound management • Early morning sweeping • Use of kitchen water/wastes • Use of animal manure • Tree planting • Gardening • Fencing

  4. Agricultural Input Supply and Utilization • Seed and planting materials • Tree nurseries (Moringa, fruit trees, etc.) • Fertilizers – organic, inorganic • Tools & animal traction/transport • Animals for stocking & restocking • Fencing materials • Crop storage technologies • Other???

  5. Gardening and Tree Cropping • Why have a garden in the HH compound? • Provides nutritious food • High value crops to market • Why plant trees in the HH compound? • Trees grow as children grow • Multi-purpose uses

  6. What are the best practices to intensify homestead agricultural productivity? • Intensify management of traditional farming systems • Increasing plant density per unit land area • Make best use of HH kitchen residues • Better management of animals and manure • Soil & water conservation practices • Soil fertility enhancement practices • Crop rotations with nitrogen fixing cover crops like Macuna

  7. Diversify traditional homestead farming systems • Intercropping cereals & grain legumes • Root & tubers • Garden crops • Tree crops • Small ruminants • Poultry

  8. This presentation was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of Save the Children and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

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