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Farming – COMACO – Community Markets for Conservation
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Community Farming
COMACO and a diesel attendant

"The soil is dead," was his reply. "No nutrients. Fertilizers are too expensive for a poor farmer like me and without it, I could not produce enough to support my family, so I came to Lusaka

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Community Farming
Cooperatives and conservation: what is so special about COMACO?

The traditional values of helping and sharing are reemerging as cooperatives build a path toward self-reliance with new farming technologies and markets that COMACO is helping to support.

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Community Farming It's Wild Wildlife
Why we sell only healthy products

We call this approach to farming, “farming with nature”, which includes such practices as zero tillage, crop residue retention, agroforestry, and crop rotation.

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Community Farming Poaching Wildlife
Protecting forests, saving bees and improving livelihoods

Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet and up to eighty percent of the world’s land-based species, such as elephants and rhinos, live in forests. There is also scientific res

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Community Farming Poaching Wildlife Women
Conservation solutions – COMACO has answers

This year, for example, there are over 61% of farmers that are doing “conservation business” with COMACO will be planting over 36 million agroforestry trees to help repair their soils.

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Community Farming Wildlife
Cooperative Success: Profiles on Eme and Kajilime

Cooperatives play a vital role in improving the livelihoods of rural communities the world over. COMACO helps rural Zambian communities establish and operate their own cooperatives to help i

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Community Farming Poaching Wildlife
Crops that save elephants and make It’s Wild! the brand of nutrition 

COMACO's conservation initiatives help rural communities manage for their habitat while keeping their farm lands working and strengthening rural economies. Read more...

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Farming Poaching Wildlife
Using radio to inspire poachers to become conservationists

Interestingly, Andrew Maimisa is not a COMACO farmer but an ardent follower and listener of COMACO’s Farm Talk radio program. “I listen to COMACO programs on radio Breeze FM and I have h

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Community Events Farming
COMACO has huge success at Zambia’s Largest Agricultural Show

COMACO wins two first place prizes at Zambia's largest agricultural show

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Community Farming Women
A Woman on a Mission

Mabel Zulu discusses changing gender roles in her community, and what it takes to be a leader.

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