FAO Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE) Conservation Agriculture in Ethiopia
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The benefit of conservation agriculture (CA) in terms of safeguarding the environment and improving labour and agricultural productivity has been well recognized all over the world. It makes better use of agricultural resources through the integrated management of available soil, water and biological resources, combined with limited external inputs. In addition, it contributes to environmental conservation and sustainable agriculture by maintaining a permanent organic soil cover. Adoption of CA at the farm level is associated with lower labour and farm-power inputs, more stable yields and improved soil nutrient exchange capacity. Crop production profitability under CA tends to increase over time, relative to conventional agriculture. Other benefits attributed to CA, at the watershed level, relate to more regular surface hydrology and reduced sediment loads in surface water. At the global level, CA sequesters carbon, thereby decreasing CO2 in the atmosphere and helping to re duce the effect of climate change.