The PELUM manual Conservation Agriculture- The Profitable Organic Way written by Sebastian Scott and Martin Bertram has been published.

The manual is aimed at trying to better the lives of small scale farmers by giving them a training aid that will ensure that their farming requires less labour and damage to the land while ensuring maximum profit.

Who needs this manual?

If you are a farmer or a farming organisation that wants to make profits and preserve the quality of your land then the 65 paged manual is made for you. It will educate your trainers, lead farmers and study groups who will then follow the exercise guides and teach their fellow farmers how best to utilize it.

If you are farming in dry-land Africa with one rainy season – mainly the Miombo Region of Zambia, Tanzania, Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana and Namibia – as well as the forests and woody Savannahs with 800 mm rainfall in one rainy season, such as northern Uganda and northern  Kenya.

Why buy the manual?

This manual contains practical exercises that are clearly illustrated and articulated in order for the reader to learn how to practice and teach others organic conservation agriculture

The manual covers topics such as:

- Permanent planting basins                                                
- Rules for making and storing compost
- Manure tea
- Planting windows
- Crop rotation
- Deep pipe irrigation.

To ensure that you are doing the correct thing, the manual contains field exercises on topic such as:

- Inter-planting and weeding                                                            
- Build an A frame and swales
- Make a smaller shelter for animals
- Inoculating and planting green manure seed

The manual will give you a chance to monitor your progress and make attainable goals for a better and more profitable yield.

Buy yours today!

Purchase your copy at only Kw 25, 000 or $5 each plus Kw 4000 for domestic postage delivery or $2 international.

You can come to the PELUM office located at 324 Independence Avenue to pick up a copy. For orders and queries, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call us on +260 211 257115.