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section FOUR<br />

Resources for <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Agriculture</strong><br />

• CAPNET members are also expected <strong>to</strong> <strong>in</strong>itiate and<br />

support conservation agriculture activities with<strong>in</strong> their<br />

departments;<br />

• Establish guidel<strong>in</strong>es which all practitioners should<br />

adhere <strong>to</strong> <strong>in</strong> order <strong>to</strong> reduce the danger of conflict<strong>in</strong>g<br />

messages.<br />

FAO - Food and <strong>Agriculture</strong> Organisation of the<br />

United Nations<br />

FAO Emergency Unit, <strong>Zimbabwe</strong> Operations<br />

Block 1, Tendeseka Office Park<br />

Corner Samora Machel Av/Renfrew Rd, Eastlea, Harare<br />

Tel: +263 (0)4 253655-58, 791407, 252021<br />

Email: michael.jenrich@fao.org<br />

www.fao.org/ag/ca<br />

FAO hosts the <strong>Zimbabwe</strong> <strong>Conservation</strong> <strong>Agriculture</strong> Task<br />

Force.<br />

River of Life<br />

River of Life Westgate,<br />

Plot P, Good Hope Farm, Arnott Road<br />

Westgate, Harare<br />

Tel: +263 4 300550, 302264<br />

Email: agriway@mweb.co.zw<br />

www.farm<strong>in</strong>g-gods-way.org<br />

River of Life is a lead<strong>in</strong>g proponent of conservation<br />

agriculture <strong>in</strong> <strong>Zimbabwe</strong> and provides tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><br />

conservation agriculture for extension officers.<br />

University of <strong>Zimbabwe</strong><br />

Dept. of Soil Science, PO Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant,<br />

Harare, <strong>Zimbabwe</strong>.<br />

Tel. +263 (0) 4 339191<br />

Email: chuma@africaonl<strong>in</strong>e.co.zw<br />

ICRISAT Bulawayo – International Crops Research<br />

Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics<br />

Ma<strong>to</strong>pos Research Station<br />

PO Box 776, Bulawayo, <strong>Zimbabwe</strong><br />

Tel: +263 (0)83 8311-15<br />

Fax: +263 (0)83 8253/850<br />

Email: icrisatzw@cgiar.org<br />

www.icrisat.cgiar.org<br />

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-<br />

Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profit, non-political<br />

organization that does <strong>in</strong>novative agricultural research<br />

and capacity build<strong>in</strong>g for susta<strong>in</strong>able development with<br />

a wide array of partners across the globe. ICRISAT Bulawayo<br />

provides tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> conservation agriculture for AGRITEX<br />

and NGOs operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> semi-arid regions of <strong>Zimbabwe</strong>.<br />

It also conducts research and evaluation on conservation<br />

agriculture options and impacts.<br />

47 Farm<strong>in</strong>g for the Future

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