The impact of organic and regenerative farm inputs and practises and pesticides in the coffee sector - in Rwanda and Uganda: Impact study on living income and scaling opportunities

RVO/SPVO and RVO/CBI funded several projects to promote the use of organic and regenerative - local inputs - that are made on-farm - and complementary practices amongst coffee farmers in East Africa. In these projects the Rockinsoils methodology has been implemented. This methodology has been designed by Rubén Borge - an agricultural engineer. The Rockinsoils approach focuses on building fertile - living soils and includes soil management - poly-cropping - compost - biofertilizer liquid and inputs for pest and disease prevention. The approach is also based on working with communities and using local resources to design resilient - productive farming system s. Rockinsoils offers services to diagnose - plan - and improve farm s. This includes soil and crop assessments - strategic and soil fertility planning - and practical improvements - such as water...