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Author or Institution as Author
Piet van Asten
Co-authors

Dennis Ochola, Lydia Wairegi, Anaclet Nibasumba, Laurence Jassogne, David Mukasa

Date of publication
Edition or Version
1.00
Institution
GACSA
Language
Youth marker
Description/Abstract

Coffee-Banana Itercropping is a climate-smart agricultural practice based on indigenous knowledge. It increases farmer incomes, improves resilience to climatic impacts, and sequesters higher amounts of carbon as opposed to monocropping systems. The practice also has positive effects for rural women and household nutrition.

Other Partners

CCAFS, IITA, ISABU

Keywords
Coffee-Banana, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Cropping
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Contact institution (for further information)
GACSA
Citation

Piet van Asten, Dennis Ochola, Lydia Wairegi, Anaclet Nibasumba, Laurence Jassogne, David Mukasa, 2015. Practice Brief Climate-smart agriculture, GACSA. www.fao.org/gacsa 

CCARDESA Category

Funding Partners

4.61M

Beneficiaries Reached

97000

Farmers Trained

3720

Number of Value Chain Actors Accessing CSA

41300

Lead Farmers Supported