As a broker of regional agricultural knowledge, CCARDESA provides access to a range of CCARDESA Content, and curated content, relevant to its stakeholders.
Date of Publication: Dec 2011
This brief focuses on the challenges in making climate-smart agricultural production work for the poor, who will be the most vulnerable to climate impacts. It offers recommendations to overcome...
Date of Publication: Dec 2011
Namibia is one of the most arid countries south of the Sahara. Around 70 % of the population lives in rural areas. Fishery, tourism and agriculture form the basis of the country's economy....
Date of Publication: Nov 2011
This paper summarizes a coherent framework for climate change adaptation programming,which includes potential indicators, or indicator categories/types, for tracking and evaluating...
Date of Publication: Oct 2011
In many parts of southern Africa, agricultural production is stagnant or even in decline, particularly in subsistence and smallholder agriculture. The reasons are many and debatable, but include lack...
Date of Publication: Oct 2011
This document is a National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) for Namibia. It presents information about the main expected impacts of climate change and, those most vulnerable to climate change. The...
Date of Publication: Sep 2011
The information in this guide to making and using compost has been developed from working with Ethiopian smallholder farmers since 1996, particularly in the dry and degraded highlands of northern...
Date of Publication: Sep 2011
The present report by the Joint Research Centre (MARS Unit - FoodSec action) is the result of 2 studies launched by the JRC in the frame of its scientific support to the European Food Security...
Date of Publication: Aug 2011
This document shows a successfully designed climate change strategies and made innovative and effective contributions to climate change adaptation and mitigation actions designed by the...
Date of Publication: Aug 2011
This paper aims to provide adaptation and development practitioners with a practical framework for developing Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems that can track the success and failure of...
Date of Publication: Jul 2011
This Governance Manual is a guide to CCARDESA’s governance institutions (Ministers responsible for Agriculture and Food Security, the General Assembly, CCARDESA Board of Directors and CCARDESA...
Date of Publication: Jul 2011
This Governance Manual is a guide to CCARDESA’s governance institutions (Ministers responsible for Agriculture and Food Security, the General Assembly, CCARDESA Board of Directors and CCARDESA...
Date of Publication: Jun 2011
This Playbook aims to help experts, advocates and educators to be more effective in talking with groups about climate change and promoting interactive learning on the topic. For this purpose, twenty-...
Date of Publication: Jun 2011
This study was coordinated by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) to identify areas that are food insecure and vulnerable to the impacts of future...
Date of Publication: Jan 2011
The information utilized in this work is based on research done principally at the Choré Experimental Station of the Direction of Agricultural Research (DIA/MAG). Also used are experiences developed...
Date of Publication: Jan 2011
This handbook is part of a training course on Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The objective is to provide an overall understanding of the concepts of IPM, together with the principles for...
Date of Publication: Jan 2011
The Information System, called the African Postharvest Losses Information System (APHLIS), is available on the web athttp://www.aphlis.net.