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The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is an ACP-EU institution working in the field of information for development. We operate under the ACP-EU Cotonou Agreement and our headquarters are in The Netherlands. When it was set up, in 1984, CTA was given the challenging task of improving the flow of information among stakeholders in agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
Our work focuses on three key areas:
- providing information products and services (e.g., publications, question-and-answer services and database services);
- promoting the integrated use of communication channels, old and new, to improve the flow of information (e.g., e-communities, web portals, seminars, and study visits);
- building ACP capacity in information and communication management (ICM), mainly through training and partnerships with ACP bodies.
At the core of all our activities are our partnerships with ACP national and regional bodies. We also work with a wide network of ACP-EU public and private sector bodies, as well as international organisations around the world.
Our overall aim – to better serve the ever-changing information needs of all stakeholders in ACP agricultural and rural development. Through our partners we are working with these stakeholders to achieve the goal shared by the whole development community – poverty alleviation and sustainable development.
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Displaying 76 - 80 of 161La jachère améliorée restaure la fertilité des sols.
Pour faire face à l’épuisement des sols et à leur surexploitation, des ONGs camerounaises préconise la technique de la jachère améliorée.
L’amélioration du jujubier par greffage
Au Mali, l’ICRAF, le Centre International de Recherches en agroforesterie fait la promotion d’espèces d’arbres améliorés par greffage sur la variété locale et obtient des rendements records.
L’association karité et cultures maraîchères
Une recette gagnante qui profite autant aux arbres, qui donnent de meilleurs fruits, qu’aux cultures qui prospèrent.
Green fertilizer at planting time
Robin Mlolo, a farmer from Malawi?s lakeshore area, describes the many benefits to be gained from Faidherbia albida, the African winterthorn.