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: Aug 2015
This module provides guidance and a comprehensive menu of practical tools for integrating gender in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of projects and investments in climate-smart...
Date of Publication: Aug 2015
This latest Module of the Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook entitled Gender in Climate-Smart Agriculture provides development agencies and practitioners, policy makers, civil society, research and...
Date of Publication: Aug 2015
Promotion of taro, a neglected underutilised crop, as a possible future crop under water-limited conditions hinges on availability of information describing its yield responses to water. Therefore,...
Date of Publication: Aug 2015
Coffee-Banana Itercropping is a climate-smart agricultural practice based on indigenous knowledge. It increases farmer incomes, improves resilience to climatic impacts, and sequesters higher amounts...
Date of Publication: Aug 2015
This manual aims to provide clear, actionable information on the most important pests and diseases that affect the major food crops grown by smallholder farmers in Africa
Date of Publication: Jul 2015
This publication covers a broad range of thematic areas, including regional economic integration, trans-boundary water resources management, security and political regional integration.
Date of Publication: Jul 2015
Aims: To determine differences in maize yields, optimal nitrogen (N) rates, and profitability on contrasting soil types and no-till and till management.Study Design: Randomized block design...
Date of Publication: Jun 2015
Agriculture in Namibia plays a critical role in the formal and informal economy supporting 70% of the population directly or indirectly through employment and income generation. The agricultural...
Date of Publication: Jun 2015
This Working Paper summarizes projected climate change impacts on livestock across Africa, using a combination of literature review and some new results on the projected impacts of climate change on...
Date of Publication: Jun 2015
This poster gives a brief description of what is a bio pesticide, its benefits and the most common ones currently under evaluation for efficacy under the Seychelles condition.
Date of Publication: May 2015
CCARDESA's Climate Change Adaptation Strategy: Evidence from CCARPASA Project.This brief outlines the challenge of adapting to climate change, identifies recent engagement and practices, and...
Date of Publication: May 2015
This study analyzes possible impacts of projected future climate change on ecosystems of the Lake Chad Basin.
Date of Publication: Apr 2015
Dominant weed species in smallholder farming systems are broadleaved annuals and perennials, and grasses. The most common and difficult to control broadleaved weed species on smallholder farms are...
Date of Publication: Apr 2015
Crop residues consist of dead plant parts, or stover, that remain from previous crops, including green manure cover crops, and may be supplemented with dried weeds or other imported plant material....
Date of Publication: Mar 2015
This resource is a regional report giving a general status of how agricultural information is being communicated in the region. It synthesizes reports which were developed by 12 SADC member states....
Date of Publication: Mar 2015
The eyes of some 180 000 Namibia’s communal crop farmers are firmly focused on the implementation of the European Union’s Conservation Agriculture Project for Namibia via the...
