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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 86 - 90 of 161Contending pathways of crop-livestock integration and the prospects for sustainable intensification in southern Mali
Bref aperçu de quelques techniques agroforestières en vogue
Il y a au moins d’après les experts une quarantaine de techniques employées en agroforesterie mais certaines sont plus populaires que d’autres. Un spécialiste togolais les passe en revue.
Agroforestry for food security
Emmanuel Mutamba of the Green Living Movement describes how agroforestry is improving food security and farm income in central Zambia.
Adding trees to a mixed farm
Virginia Wangui Njunge, a mixed crop/livestock farmer shows Eric Kadenge how she is growing fruit and other beneficial trees on her farm near Nairobi.