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: Oct 2015
An easily manageable methodology that provides hands-on strategic orientation to those developing realistic and realisable measures for sustainable food loss reduction. The methodology is designed to...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
The Namibia Agriculture Policy is aimed at contributing to increased agricultural production, agro-processing and marketing as well as to serve as an overarching policy in the agricultural sector....
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Having identified a general lack of knowledge about the value of livestock manure and integrated manure management at multiple levels in government and society, a concerted action led to the...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
The purpose of the RLAT is to provide a sufficiently accurate pre-screening tool for identifying intervention points along agribusiness Value Chains (VCs), working out incentives for VC operators and...
Date of Publication: Oct 2015
Climate change preparedness workshops can be held quarterly (every three months) for members of a group wanting to explore and engage with weather patterns, climate variability and change and related...
Date of Publication: Sep 2015
Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.) is an indigenous crop that is available only as landraces in sub-Saharan Africa, although it has a great potential for food security. Pumpkin (...
Date of Publication: Sep 2015
IRRI breeds and introduces advanced rice varieties that yield more grain and better withstand pests and disease as well as ooding, drought, and other harmful e ects of climate change. The Institute...
Date of Publication: Sep 2015
A practical manual focusing on good agricultural practices for rice production that promote integrated soil fertility management. Produced by ASHC.
Date of Publication: Sep 2015
This Guidebook seeks to support project managers by providing an overview of different impact evaluation methods and how they can be applied to climate change adaptation projects.
Date of Publication: Sep 2015
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) describes agricultural practices, approaches and systems that sustainably and reliably increase food production and the ability of farmers to earn a living, while...
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.For each pest or disease,...
Date of Publication: Aug 2015
Improving agricultural water productivity, under rainfed or irrigated conditions, holds significant scope for addressing climate change vulnerability. It also offers adaptation capacity needs as well...
Date of Publication: Aug 2015
This information note discusses the findings from CCAFS submisssion to the UNFCCC SBSTA on Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases.
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,...
