Member Card

Saidi S. Mkomwa

Membership start year 2023
Type FM
Role Member (as Organization/Association delegate) (data updating: 22/02/2024)
Institution / Organization / Company ORG | African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT)
Still in charge Yes
Address KALRO Kabete, Waiyaki Way, Westlands, P. O. Box 10375 - 00100 Nairobi
Country KEMYA
Institution / Organization website https://www.act-africa.org/
E-mail saidi.mkomwa@act-africa.org
International call phone +254712252549
Scientific database '-

Research activities key-words

  • Agricultural machinery and mechanization - (all topics)
  • Agricultural machinery and mechanization - conservation tillage
  • Agricultural machinery and mechanization - seeders

Publications

Pubblication 1
AUTHOR: Mkomwa, S. and Kassam, A. (eds.)
TITLE: Conservation Agriculture in Africa: Climate Smart Agricultural Development.
YEAR: 2022
REFERENCES: CAB International, Wallingford, UK. https://cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/book/10.1079/9781789245745.0000

Pubblication 2
AUTHOR: Mkomwa, S., Mloza Banda, H. and Mutai, W.
TITLE: Education and Training for Conservation Agriculture in Africa. In: Mkomwa, S. and Kassam, A. (eds.). Conservation Agriculture in Africa: Climate Smart Agricultural Development.
YEAR: 2021
REFERENCES: CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

Pubblication 3
AUTHOR: Gonzalez-Sanchez, Emilio & Mkomwa, Saidi & Conway, Gordon & Kassam, Amir & Ordóñez-Fernández, Rafaela & García, Manuel & Repullo, Miguel & Ribes, Jesús & Basch, Gottlieb & Veroz-Gonzalez, Oscar & Triviño-Tarradas, Paula & Cabrera, Antonio & Miranda-Fuentes, Antonio & Carbonell, Rosa.
TITLE: Making Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptability Real in Africa with Conservation Agriculture.
YEAR: 2018
REFERENCES: DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32722.20161.

Pubblication 4
AUTHOR: Sims, B., Kienzle, J., Mkomwa, S., Friedrich, T., and Kassam, A.
TITLE: Mechanization of smallholder Conservation Agriculture in Africa: contributing resilience to precarious systems. A chapter for the book on Conservation Agriculture for Africa: Building Resilient Farming Systems in a Changing Climate.
YEAR: 2017
REFERENCES: CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

Pubblication 5
AUTHOR: Kassam, A.H., Mkomwa, S. and Friedrich, T.
TITLE: Weather-proofing agriculture with conservation agriculture. In: Kassam, A., Mkomwa, S. and Friedrich, T. (eds) Conservation agriculture for Africa: building resilient farming systems in a changing climate Chapter 2, pp 10-29.
YEAR: 2017
REFERENCES: DOI: 10.1079/9781780645681.0000. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

Pubblication 6
AUTHOR: Kassam, A. and Mkomwa, S.
TITLE: Special Issue "The Role of Conservation Agriculture in Sustainable Production Intensification for Smallholder Farmers in Africa".
YEAR: 2015
REFERENCES: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/environments/special_issues/conserv_agric_Africa

Pubblication 7
AUTHOR: Baudron, F.; Blackwell, J.; Sims, B.; Justice, S.; Kahan. D.G.; Rose, R.; Mkomwa, S.; Kaumbutho, P.; Sariah, J.; Mogesi, G.; et al.
TITLE: Re-examining appropriate mechanization in Africa: Two-wheel tractors, conservation agriculture, and private sector involvement.
YEAR: 2015
REFERENCES: Food Secur. Sci. Sociol. Econ. Food Prod. Access Food 2015.

Pubblication 8
AUTHOR: Mkomwa, S., Kaumbutho P and Makungu P.,
TITLE: Farm Machinery for Conservation Agriculture. Conservation Agriculture. Springer International Publishing, 109–131
YEAR: 2014
REFERENCES: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11620-4_5. Book Chapter. In: Conservation Agriculture by Muhammad Farook and Kadambot Siddique (eds). http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319116198

Pubblication 9
AUTHOR: Mkomwa, S., Hongwen, L., and Desbiolles J.
TITLE: Design and development of - and access to - Conservation Agriculture machinery, implements and tools for smallholders. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Conservation Agriculture for Smallholders in Asia and Africa.
YEAR: 2014
REFERENCES: Mymensingh, Bangladesh. (Eds. WH Vance, RW Bell, ME Haque). pp 6-9.

Pubblication 10
AUTHOR: Sims, B., Akhtar, M., Mkomwa S., Kienzle, J.,
TITLE: Development of Mechanization option for smallholder farmers’ examples of local manufacturing opportunities for sub-Saharan Africa, pp 6
YEAR: 2014
REFERENCES: