The report discusses the contributions and challenges of capacity building and education thematic groups regarding the adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) in an unnamed region. It finds that resource mobilization and capacity building made the most significant contributions to CA adoption so far. Key obstacles include: CA not being promoted as a business; poor access to mechanization services; inadequate extension services and policy support; and limited opportunities for innovation in livestock integration. Over three years, interventions should focus on learning from non-adopters, linking farmers to markets, farm size demonstrations, improving extension services, revising policies, and supporting innovation in livestock integration.

1. Capacity Building & Education
Thematic Group
Report

2. Question 1:
Thematic Area which made the most significant
contribution to Adoption
• The thematic group compliment each other.
The list below rank according to level
significance in the CA adoption thus far.
• Resource mobilization
• Capacity building
• Policy and advocacy
• Research monitoring

3. Question 2:
Obstacles
• CA not promoted as a business (cost benefit,
markets links for products)
• Poor access to mechanization services.
• Inadequate Extension service (Information and
backstopping)
• Inadequate policy support such that
implementation is fragmented and at trail stage.
• Limited opportunities for innovation especially on
livestock integration issues

4. Question 3
Intervention for stakeholders (3 year)
• Learn from the non-adopters (reasons can inform
strategy)
• Linking farmers to markets for their CA produce
(Market pull as opposes to technology push)
• Farm size demonstration (mechanized CA fields)
• Efficiency and innovation in Extension service
delivery (Information and backstopping)
• Improve policy for effective targeting
• Leverage on opportunities for innovation
especially in livestock integration issues