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Date of Publication: Aug 2016
The pilot projects of the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme of FAO in Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania have promoted climate-smart...
Date of Publication: Aug 2016
The presentation focused on developing a smart sprayer for smallholder farmers in conservation agriculture. Its Future application in crop production will reduce herbicide and pesticide and...
Date of Publication: Aug 2016
This presentation talks about the shift in Zambia's agriculture from conservation agriculture (CA) to climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Though improvements in management practices, lifestock...
Date of Publication: Aug 2016
Many smallholder farmers in developing countries are facing food insecurity, poverty, the degradation of local land and water resources, and increasing climatic variability. These vulnerable farmers...
Date of Publication: Aug 2016
Climate information services (CIS) have emerged as a key input for adaptation decision making aiming to strengthen agricultural livelihoods by managing climate risks. Many pilot projects have been...
Date of Publication: Aug 2016
This presentation is CSA scoping study which was undertaken in order to establish the status of CSA understanding and implementation in SA at different levels and to establish the current CSA Policy...
Date of Publication: Aug 2016
Improving milk production in East Africa faces multiple constraints, however lack of farmer understandingof the productive cows’ nutritional needs – and how to satisfy them – are...
Date of Publication: Jul 2016
This paper presents a review of the commercial sustainability, profitability, challenges, impact, and potential contribution of weather index insurance (WII) products to improving resilience in...
Date of Publication: Jul 2016
- This paper presents a review of the commercial sustainability, profitability, challenges, impact, and potential contribution of weather index insurance (WII) products to improving resilience...
Date of Publication: Jul 2016
The paper gives an overview of agricultural insurance for small farmers in developing countries. It presents various emerging trends and examples from different countries.
Date of Publication: Jul 2016
The Final Report on the Development of a Climate-Smart Agriculture Manual for Agriculture Education in Zimbabwe is out and can bedownloaded from this page. Accompanying the report if...
Date of Publication: Jul 2016
Mr Subhash Palekar gave a public talk on talk on Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) on 28.07.16 at the Farmer Training School of the Food and Research and Extension Institute in Mauritius. “...
Date of Publication: Jul 2016
How can we transfer natural risks out of rural livelihooods to empower and protect people?
Date of Publication: Jul 2016
Project Brief on the Vuna report “Comparative Assessment of Selected Agricultural Weather Index Insurance Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa,” by Carlos E. Arce (August 2016).
Date of Publication: Jul 2016
Based on the Vuna report “Comparative Assessment of Selected Agricultural Weather Index Insurance Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa,” by Carlos E. Arce (August 2016).
Date of Publication: Jun 2016
This policy brief aims at stimulating and enriching discussions without attempting to provide a final answer to the question of synergies and links between adaptation components in intended...
