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African Conservation Tillage Network

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Women and the environment Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Capacity-building Climate change Gender equality Information for decision-making and participation Land management Partnerships Rural Development Science
Geographic scope:	Regional Africa
Country of activity:	Ghana Kenya South Sudan Zambia Burundi Niger United Republic of Tanzania Burkina Faso Guinea Zimbabwe
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	That Africa is able to deplore its natural resources to support attainment basic livelihoods needs for its peoples and provide sustainable foundation for industrialization and socio-economic growth. This is expected to be achieved through change in attitudes and practices for more mutual human-nature interactions with conservation agriculture principles more as the norm than exception in farming practices. ACT’s mission is to promote and facilitate information and knowledge exchange and partnerships to enhance support for the adaptation and adoption of conservaion agriculture principles and practices in Africa. With this Mission, ACT expects to contribute to enhance up scaling of sustainable land and water management practices – addressing both agricultural productivity and environmental/biodiversity resilience objectives. Ultimately, the results are expected to positively impact on food security and improved rural livelihood.
Year established:	1998
Year of registration:	2006
Organizational structure:	ACT is a pan-African, ‘Not for profit’, voluntary membership NGO, involving private, public and non-government sectors, and including farmers, input and machinery manufacturers and suppliers, researchers and extensionists, with an active conviction to promote, support and apply conservation agriculture to ensure viable and sustainable agriculture productivity while minimizing or reversing the environmental degradation that is devastating the continent. Membership is open to any individuals or groups committed to the development and promotion of conservation farming/tillage technologies for smallholder farmers in Africa. The headquarters is in Nairobi Kenya and sub-regional offices are lcated in Dar es salaam Tanzania, Harare Zimbabwe and Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. ACT has a Board of 11Directors from 8 African countries and four international organizations.
Number and type of members:	Membership is open to any individuals or groups committed to the development and promotion of conservation farming/tillage technologies for smallholder farmers in Africa. Current membership stands at 3000 Individuals and Institutions from 33 countries.
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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