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Although investing in Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been shown profitable and wise, Financial Institutions (FIs) seem reluctant to promote it through their agricultural projects. Reasons why they should be more interested are discussed, and lessons on how this could be done are drawn from a review of case studies of successes and failures. Investment projects can successfully promote CA through temporary subsidies, support to R&D conducted in partnership with farmers and the private sector, awareness building to change the attitudes of farmers and their advisors, and policy reform.
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Dauphin, F. (2003). Investing in Conservation Agriculture. In: García-Torres, L., Benites, J., Martínez-Vilela, A., Holgado-Cabrera, A. (eds) Conservation Agriculture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1143-2_54
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