Percentage of Population undernourished

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2 Percentage of Population undernourished

3 African Size in Perspective

4 % Undernourishment < 5% 5-35% > 35%

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6 Reality of African Poverty 80-90% of population peasant farmers Desperate food shortages Ave yield 350kg/ha

7 Current landuse is resulting, not just in a humanitarian food crisis but also environmental disaster Runoff rates are increasing yearly Erosion average 55 tons per hectare per annum up to 250 t/ha/ann Soil degradation Siltation Deforestation vs Stewardship

8 Africa s soils are sandy, erodable & infertile, her climate is harsh & droughts are frequent, her people suffer from hunger & thirst & her children die impoverished, taking along with them their God-given dreams.

9 Farming God s Way Simply following what we see God do in creation

10 Farming God s Way Equipping the poor for abundant life in Christ

11 Farming Gods Way Brian Oldreive Proven success since 1984 Maize grower of the year Maize up to 13 tons/ha Soyabean, Cotton, wheat, veggies etc

12 Give a man a fish Vs teaching a man to fish

13 Biblical Management Technology

14 Farming God s Way 1) 6 Biblical keys 2) Management On time - To High Standards - Minimal Wastage 3) Technology No Ploughing or burning - Heavy God s Blanket - Practice Crop Rotations

15 We can make a difference

16 People perish from lack of knowledge we can change that!!!

17 God s Way Bountiful Grains Man s Way Wasteland

18 To come out of poverty you need to make a Profit

19 PROFIT IS WHERE INCOME IS GREATER THAN EXPENDITURE

20 God s Way is Sustainable Profitability

21 Farming God s Way is Profitable through increased income and reduced costs Sustainable through care

22 Make sustainable profit by Farming God s Way 1. On Time 2. To high standards 3. With minimal wastage

23 On time

24 Earth 20th March Autumn Equinox Southern Hemisphere Seasons 21st June Shortest Day in S Hemisphere Winter Solstice Earth Sun Earth 22nd December Longest Day in Southern Hemisphere Summer Solstice 365 1/4 Days in a year Earth 22nd September Spring Equinox

25 November 25th November December January February March April Maize yield (kg's per hectare) Effect of planting date on maize yield on Hinton Estate in Zimbabwe 120kg loss per day when planting after the 25th November

26 Some factors determining timeliness: Day length Rainfall Management

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28 Maize timeline Central Africa long & short rains 01 Jan Holing out 6 weeks 15 Feb Liming, Basal dressing 28 Feb Land Preparation finished 1-21st March Optimal Planting date End March 1st days 7 days Thinning then Topdress 2/3 weeks 5 days Weeding every days 7 days Mid April Mid point of rainy season - crop at full canopy 01 May Topdress 2 at start of tassling 2 days May Compost making, manure collection 49d + 4 month curing Mid June Last weeding 7 days July Harvest 2 Weeks Aug, Sept Short season & Green Manure cover crops

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30 r Standards, common regardless of s in the society. Not about rich or but the state of a man s Heart

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32 Start small, to a high standard. Increase slowly, maintaining the same high standard 1995 Year Ha Ha 500Ha 200Ha 100Ha 50Ha

33 Well Watered Gardens 6*6m Plots

34 Bringing Order into a Disorderly World

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39 Yield tons/hectare Maize yield : population density Plants per hectare

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41 Minimal Wastage God does not Waste

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46 Minimal wastage Profits from smaller tracts of land Sustained profits from same tract of land

47 Runoff Soil Erosion

48 Gen 2:15-And God took the man, and put him in the garden of Eden, to till it and KEEP IT

49 Fertilisation

50 Into where it is needed

51 Is it common where you come from??

52 Conventional farming Farming God s Way WHY we do the HOW

53 Do Not Burn DO NOT BURN

54 DO NOT PLOUGH

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56 Raindrop impact on bare soil surface Splash droplets and soil particles Raindrop hammer action causing compaction and crust effect Soil airspaces important for moisture penetration and aeration

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58 Flash Floods and Sheet Erosion

59 Gully Erosion

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63 Man s Way God s Way

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65 Hyphae

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67 God s Gogos Diversity

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69 Farming God s Way Advantages Multiplication of up to 20 times Simple Achievable Easy to Train Not Capital Intensive Utilizes Existing Resources

70 Farming God s Way Benefits Increased Yields Zimbabwe Hinton Estate 7t Ave up to 13 tons/ha Maize Cotton 3 t/ha Ave Soya 2.5 t/ha Ave Sunflower 1.5 t/ha Ave Malawi Previous yield 7 Bags/ha with Farming God s Way 70 Bags/ha

71 The Soil is being restored

72 Well Watered Gardens 6*6 m Plots

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75 Well Watered Gardens are Billboards in Communities

76 Hundreds of poor & broken are lifting up their heads

77 Farming God s Way vs Traditional Farmer Matheo John FGW Matheo John Traditional Yield % Increase 508%

78 Farming God s Way vs Traditional Farmer George FGW George Traditional Yield % Increase 917%

79 Farmer - Dixon Yield bags % Increase infinity 900% 1100% 1380%

80 rmer Pius utie Yield bags % Traditi onal 257% 343% 400% 457% 614%

81 Ugandan comparison

82 What kind of Inheritance do we want to leave to our Children

83 od s Way Man s Way

84 Using What God Has Put into Your Hand (Composting)

85 Raise a Child in the Way of the Lord and It shall Never Depart

86 Ministering to the Orphaned

87 I was IN prison..

88 Where Shall I go from Your Presence Oh Lord

89 We seek Your forgiveness Oh Lord for we have sinned against you in the way we have treated your soil and the creation therein

90 Breaking Cultural and Religious Barriers

91 I will grant you fovour before the Kings

92 Local national trainers released in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho & RSA

93 Farming God s Way African Influence RSA Lesotho Mozambique Zimbabwe Zambia Namibia Angola Tanzania Uganda Rwanda Kenya Ethiopia Benin

94 Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Gentleness Self control Fruit of the Spirit

95 Every man has hopes & dreams Lets help the poor realize theirs!!! For Training: Pls Check the Monthly dates Contact: Pius Mutie Cell: