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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: 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
Author: CCARDESA
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
Author: South Africa
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
Author: Haas, Yvette de
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
Author: Andrew Shepherd
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
Author: Janie Rioux
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
Author: Tingmin Yu
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
Author: Janie Rioux
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
Author: K. Munyinda
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
Author: Chandni Singh
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
Author:  Pearson Mnkeni
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
Author: Goopy, John P.
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
Author: Carlos E. Arce
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
Author: Carlos E. Arce
- 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
Author: Ulrich Hess
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
Author: Zimbabwe
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...

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