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Farm to Market Alliance (FtMA) uses a Farmer Service Center(FSC) model. The model aims at capacity-building farmers of influence in their communities.
The Farmer Service Centers (FSCs) are mentored on how to promote agricultural techniques that addresses the challenges experienced by farmers in their locality.
The FSCs operate with entrepreneurship mindset to guarantee sustainability of these initiatives.
One such intervention covered in this video is promotion of adoption of Conservation Agriculture.
Conservation Agriculture has THREE main principles;
1. Minimum soil disturbance,
2. Residue retention (Soil cover)
3. Crop rotation