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Date of Publication: Sep 2016
This climate proofing tool is part of the training package on Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to climate change adaptation and climate smart agriculture in southern Africa. It...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
This literature review summarises theory and evidence of the contribution of conservation agriculture (CA) to resilence in the event of drought. A resilient agricultural system is able to continue to...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
The Compendium provides examples of more than 20 different approaches of how agricultural extension can support climate-smart agriculture, with contributions from seventeen institutions and over 30...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
Zambians should take pride and start consuming more indigenous vegetables and fruits to improve their nutrition status, a nutritionist has advised.Nelly Phiri, the Nutrition Program Officer at the...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
The greatest need is to deliver targeted and timely information to farmers based on their needs. The empowerment that comes from providing farmers with informed options is ...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
The main aim of the Conference was to have a dialogue on matters relating to climate change as it affects agriculture in Southern Africa, to share lessons and progress made. The first part of the...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
SASSCAL is a joint initiative of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Germany, responding to the challenges of global change. The establishment of a Southern African Science Service...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
Genetics makes use of natural variation among animals. Selecting preferred animals as parents can yield permanent and cumulative improvements in the population. More efficient animals can greatly...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), a joint international institution of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the European Union (EU), launched...
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
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
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
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...