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Date of Publication: Oct 2016
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is being widely promoted as a solution for food insecurity and climate change adaptation in food systems of sub-Saharan Africa, while simultaneously reducing the rate...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
Mauritius is faced today with the triple challenge of coping with a high budget deficit; adapting to the erosion of preferences in respect of sugar and textiles in a situation where the balance of...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
Biodiversity Community Network (BCN) project promoted landrace crops and varieties that are drought tolerant, and resistant to common pests and diseases, which also survive in the harsh...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
This resource is one of the APPSA success stories for Mozambique. It narrates the story of Mrs Isaltina Aly Trigo. Mrs Trigo is a smallholder farmer from Malema district in Nampula province. She has...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
This is a success story produced by the Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) under APPSA. Through partnerships with the Department of Agriculture and other players, the World Bank...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
Smallholder farmers in East Africa need information and knowledge on appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices, and institutional innovations in order to effectively...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
This resource is an APPSA success story of introducing high yielding rice varieties in Malawi. As part of efforts to improve rice production and increase export volumes, the Agricultural...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
We, the African Member States and Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Ministers, Heads of Delegation and Experts, attending the High Level Meeting of the first...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
This article details success of the APPSA project in promoting value addition in Mozambique. APPSA embarked on an effort to promote sustainable value-addition to commonly grown food legumes and...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
ENGLISH Smallholder farmers are key to food security in sub-Saharan Africa where two thirds of the population depend on small-scale, rain-fed farming as their main source of food and income. Critical...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
This report presents the proceedings of the Climate Proofing and CSA Training in Cape Town in October 2016.
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
Food insecurity and climate change are having a dire impact on many households in Lesotho. This situation can be addressed together by transforming agriculture and adopting practices that are “...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
This information brief highlights key findings in the Vuna report “Agricultural Drought and Climate Smart Agriculture”
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
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Date of Publication: Oct 2016
Drought is the single greatest climate risk faced by most farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa. In discussions of climate risk, it is crucial to distinguish between meteorological drought...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
This information brief highlights key findings in the Vuna report “Agricultural Drought and Climate Smart Agriculture”
