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Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Countries vary in their institutional technical and financial abilities to prepare for climate change in agriculture and to balance food security, adaptation, and mitigation goals.Indicators for...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Namibia, being a semi-arid country could potentially increase food security at a household level through conservation agriculture. Hence, there is a need for mind shifting among subsistence farmers...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
In Namibia, agriculture employs 30% of the labour force and contributes 7.5% to GDP. More than 60% of the farming is done by subsistence farmers. The sector is facing challenges such as low soil...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
This handbook, attempts on the one hand to explain and demystify the world of research methods, whilst on the other it seeks to provide a starting point for their use. In this, we are not suggesting...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
In the light of the seasonal outlook as produced by the South African Weather Service (SAWS), the following advisory guidelines are suggested. It is emphasized that these advisories are broad...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Smallholder farming in much of Sub-Saharan Africa is rain-fed and thus exposed to rainfall variability. Among the climate variables, rainfall is projected to decline and have an overriding effect on...
Date of Publication: Oct 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: Oct 2015
Namibia is the driest sub-Saharan nation and is among the countries most severely affected by climate change. This is threatening food security, particularly in Namibia’s densely populated...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
The 2015-2019 Government Programme bearing the overarching theme “Achieving Meaningful Change” and inspired by “innovative socialism” is to transform Mauritius into an...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Namibia is plagued with a dry climate and poor soils, and the country’s small-scale farmers produce the lowest agricultural yields in the world. With an estimated population of around two...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Madagascar a connu plusieurs événements extrêmes liés aux variabilités climatiques actuelles et passées durant ces dernières décennies. Les plus importants sont les cyclones, les inondations et les...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Namibia is one of the countries mostly vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change which may affect our national development goals, particularly the agricultural sector, including food...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
In Namibia, agriculture and forestry contributes 5.1% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and livestock alone contributes 3.5% which is a contribution of 68.63 % to the Agricultural GDP (Namibia...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
This is the edited version of the Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) webinar held late October 2015.
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Of the more than one billion global poor, 75 percent live in rural areas and most of these people depend on agriculture to survive. Enhancing farmers’ and agricultural workers’...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Namibia is one of the countries mostly vulnerable to the negative impacts of cli¬mate change which may affect our national development goals, particularly the agricultural sector, including food...
