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Date of Publication: Oct 2016
This information brief highlights key findings in the Vuna report “Scaling Up and Scalability: Concepts, Frameworks and Assessment,” by Pooniah Anandajayasekeram
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
Conservation agriculture (CA) is promoted extensively to increase the productivity and environmental sustainability of maize production systems across sub-Saharan Africa and is often listed as a...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
This information brief highlights key findings in the Vuna report “Scaling Up and Scalability: Concepts, Frameworks and Assessment,” by Pooniah Anandajayasekeram.
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
Effective scaling up is a key measure of success for an innovation or intervention. A new approach is typically tested in a pilot project that has limited reach. With monitoring and evaluation (M...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
In many sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, poverty productivity which accelerating climate change and (Devereux and Edwards, 2004; Slingo et al., 2005). It is estimated that about 75% of the...
Date of Publication: Oct 2016
Effective scaling up is a key measure of success for an innovation or intervention. A new approach is typically tested in a pilot project that has limited reach. With monitoring and evaluation (M...
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
This presentation by L. Waldmüller addresses climate change as a big challenge for agriculture. It explains the idea of climate-smart agriculture and possible solutions.
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
This document is the product of 30 years of practical eld experience in several countries across all continents, and the work of a large number of development actors and practitioners. Farmer Field...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) is a broad alliance of research-for-development stakeholders and partners. The shared purpose is to tap the underutilized potential of...
Date of Publication: Sep 2016
An explaination of how soil gets compacted and how you can assess this with your farmers.
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 eggs are elliptical, and their colour varies from oyster-white to bright yellow, darkening in the embryonic phase and becoming almost black near eclosion.The first-instar larvae are whitish soon...
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
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...
