Deep plowing of soil for sowing legumes and cereal crops has traditionally been used in rainfed areas of Kamashi district, Kashqadarya Region of Uzbekistan. In the fall of 2014, Knowledge Management in CACILM II project set up a demonstration plot on 3 hectares of Abror Shoymurodov’s farm in a rainfed land in Navruz village to test the technology package on conservation agriculture and cultivation of winter wheat and winter chickpea using a direct-sowing seeder. The main type of farming activity of the 27-year-old’s family of six is livestock breeding. They gain additional income from cultivating cotton and cereal crops.
