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<p>DFID is supporting farmer networks and farmer to farmer training on soil management.
For example we fund the International Fund for Agriculture Development’s Adaptation
for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP). This is assisting farmers networks on
the promotion of better land and soil management practices and technologies including
those developed under our support by the international agriculture research organisation
the CGIAR.</p><p>For example in Nigeria ASAP is supporting the establishment and strengthening
of community development associations for 200,000 smallholder farmers to adopt agricultural
practices that both reduce soil erosion and their risks to climate change.</p><p>We
are also funding farmer to farmer training under our country programmes. In Zambia
this is focussed on climate smart agriculture and better management of soils. While
in Malawi our support on conservation agriculture has helped 60,000 smallholder farmers
to increase their crop yields and incomes by 25% on average.</p>
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