Over the past 15 years conservation agriculture, with its principles of minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover and crop rotation, has gone from being a fringe farming method, often laughed at by sceptical farmers, to being a viable alternative to conventional agriculture. Barry Mann, serving with his wife Heather at Growing Nations in Lesotho, tells us why.
Lesotho is a small landlocked country surrounded by South Africa. It boasts the highest low point of any country in the world and consists of mainly mountain highlands, giving it the name โThe Kingdom in the Skyโ. Barry and Heather Mann, AIMโs country leaders, tell us more.
Barry Mann, Communications and Media specialist at Growing Nations, explains how the Bible underpins their work.
Barry Mann tells us about what makes community development important and how it makes a difference, and the central role the Bible plays at Growing Nations.
