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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Challenges and Opportunities for the Promotion of Conservation Agriculture in Koumbia, Burkina Faso: A Vision from the Grassroots\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Gottlieb Basch, Universidade de Évora, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (UE/ICAAM), Largo dos Colegiais n.º2 , 7002-554~Évora, Portugal, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{gb@uevora.pt}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Paulo Rodrigues$^{1}$, Gottlieb Basch$^{1}$, Joana Sousa$^{1}$, Johannes Schuler$^{2}$, Hycenth Tim Ndah$^{2}$, Lorenz Probst$^{3}$}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{1}$Universidade de Évora, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias E Ambientais Mediterrânicas (UE/ICAAM), Portugal}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{2}$Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Inst. of Socio-Economics, Germany}}}
\item[]{\small{\textit{$^{3}$University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Centre for Development Research (CDR), Austria}}}
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Conservation Agriculture (CA) is usually presented as a package that can improve crop yields, soil quality and effective water availability. Consequently, it is often seen as a solution to face the growing challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) of increased yields, soil degradation, demographic pressure over natural resources (particularly agricultural land) and climate change. However despite the documented benefits and the success stories in many parts of the globe, the adoption of CA in SSA has generally been lacking. The present study looks at Koumbia (3º 41' 15'' W; 11º 14' 47'' N) a particular area in the Hauts-Bassins region of Burkina Faso located in the south"=sudanian agro"=ecological zone that is characterised by savannah and/or sparse forests, transhumance usage in the dry season and sedentary village stock rearing of cattle. Agriculturally it is characterised by perennial crops (mangos, citrus, cashew, etc.), cotton growing, yams and cereals (mainly sorghum, millet and maize). Due to its proximity with the Accra-Abidjan commercial axis, the overall more favourable farming conditions (particularly rainfall) and the possibility to grow cotton, the western areas of Burkina Faso in general have seen people from different origins flowing to this area to engage in agriculture. The result translates into increased land pressure both in terms of used area as well as intensive farming systems. Traditionally many of these people are/were already using some of the principles promoted by CA, particularly crop rotation and association and in some cases minimum tillage, but despite the experiments and efforts to encourage farmers to fully engage with CA, adoption has been scarce. By directly engaging with farmers this study expects to understand the factors that affect the decision making processes that are made each cropping season by these people. Moreover, through the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data this study envisages to shed some light into the challenges and opportunities for CA adoption in the region. Farm visits, semi"=structured interviews and informal talks will be carried out (May/June 2016) to realise the underlying notions of local people on matters of CA and related concepts.}

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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Conservation agriculture adoption and constraints, Burkina Faso, farmer decision making, rural households
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