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Climate Smart Land Preparation Options:Climate Smart Agriculture Knowledge Products for Extension Workers

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CCARDESA
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ACCRA Programme 

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CCARDESA
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This Decision Tool aims to help field level extension staff make climate smart decisions on which land preparation option best suits their farmers’ context. This tool is not designed as a technical guide to implementation. It is designed to assist extension staff in making climate smart decisions on improvements to their farming systems with their clients/farmers. Reference to technical guides relevant to the practices/technologies outlined are included at the end of the tool. The tool focuses on some of the best bet Climate Smart Land Preparation Options for Maize and Sorghum production in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)region. 

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Knowledge Product 08, Climate smart Land Preparation Options, Soil Erosion, climate smart agriculture
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Dr. Simon Mwale
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Citation: CCARDESA 2019. Knowledge Product 08: Climate Smart Land Preparation Options. CCARDESA Secretariat, Gaborone, Botswana,pg14

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PROTECTING THE SOURCE OF LESOTHO’S ‘WHITE GOLD’

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Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM)
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ORASECOM
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At the heart of the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho lie the highlands. Sitting between 2000 and 3500 metres above sea level, they channel water into the OrangeSenqu River which winds its way from Lesotho through South Africa and Namibia, with tributaries stretching as far as Botswana. It is a key source of water for Southern Africa’s most economically active region, supporting large-scale irrigation, industrial activities, hydropower, urban demand, and small-scale rural activities. South Africa’s highly developed economy draws most of the water, with Gauteng deriving over 32% of its water directly from Lesotho. This paper is a discussion of this resource base.

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Lesotho, water, snow, lessons
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‪+27 (0)12 663 6826‬
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Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM
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ORASECOM. Protecting the Source of Lesotho's 'White Gold'. 2018. Centurian: p.1-18. Available at: https://www.sadc.int/files/6215/3805/7503/EN_ORASECOM_Khubelu_Wetlands_…

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Data Leaks to help Create a Climate Smart Future

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Rosenstock, T.
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Nowak, A. and Girvetz, E.

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CGIAR
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This booklet presents a collection of previously unpublished or ongoing research and interventions related to climate-smart agriculture (CSA), with emphasis on experiences in Eastern and Southern Africa. The visual material contained herein offers researchers, development workers and policy-makers teaser insights into new tools, methodologies and data to support CSA scaling efforts. The 35 contributions in this booklet answer to five key questions that currently obstruct the efficient and effective implementation of CSA agendas.

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Climate Smart Agriculture, resilience, low emissions, germplasm,
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Dr. Todd Rosenstock
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CGIAR
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Rosentock, T., Nowak, A. and Girvetz, E. 2018. Data leaks to help create a climate-smart future: Graphical notes to The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers: Investigating the business of a productive, resilient and low emissions future. Montpellier: CGIAR. p. 1-48.  Available at: https://ccafs.cgiar.org/publications/data-leaks-help-create-climate-sma…;

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Climate Change Knowledge Portal

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World Bank Group
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In an effort to serve as a 'one stop shop' for climate-related information, data, and tools, the World Bank created the Climate Change Knowledge Portal (or CCKP). The Portal provides an online tool for access to comprehensive global, regional, and country data related to climate change and development.

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Climate Change, Knowledge Portal, Watershed
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(202) 473-1000
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The Work Bank
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The World Bank. (2019). The Climate Change Knowledge Product. Available at: https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/.

Enhancing Use of Orange Maize in Farming Communities of the Southern Africa

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Malaidza, H.
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DARS, Malawi
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Deficiency in vitamin A is one of the most prevalent problems in Sub-Saharan African countries including Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique. The consequences of deficiency of vitamin A is high fatality rate (60%) but even sub-clinical deficiency is associated with a 23% increase in preschooler mortality in areas with endemic Vitamin A deficiency”. An array of solutions have been proposed to combat Vitamin A deficiency. These have included Vitamin A capsule administration campaigns in pre-schools and primary schools unfortunately this has left behind others.

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Malawi, Maize, Agricultural Research and Extension, Pro-Vitamin A, Success story
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Hector Malaidza
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+265999330061
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Ministry Of Agriculture
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Malaidza, H.M. (2018). Enhancing Use of Orange Maize in Farming Communities of the Southern Africa . [online] Available at: http://dars.mw/index.php/2018/12/05/enhancing-use-of-orange-maize-in-fa…

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Socio-economic context and role of agriculture

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FAO
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FAO
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alawi is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, with an economy driven predominantly by the agricultural sector that accounts for one third of the GDP and nearly 80 percent of employment. Agriculture is considered the engine of Malawi’s economic growth since, between 2005 and 2011, more than 80 percent of the country’s total exports were agricultural commodities, primarily tobacco, sugar and tea. Tobacco alone however, represents an average 60 percent of Malawi ́s total exports.1 The manufacturing and agricultural sectors work together in their contribution to the overall growth of the economy, which in 2013/14, registered an average GDP growth rate of 5.2 percent. In particular, the 2013 growth in manufacturing was attributed to usage of higher volumes of raw agricultural inputs and a more constant supply of fuel and other raw materials.

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Malawi, Socio-economic, Agriculture, Fact Sheet
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Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations
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FAO. (2015). Socio-cconomic context and role of agriculture, Malawi. Rome: FAO. p. 6. Available at: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4491e.pdf.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF WEEDS COMMONLY FOUND IN KATAMBORA RHODES GRASSES SEED PRODUCTION IN ZIMBABWE

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Department of Research and Specialy Services
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Ministy of Agriculture, Common Lands, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement
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—In Zimbabwe, KRG is grown in rotation with tobacco and irish potato to control the root knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica). It is a good seed producer and the seed exported to mostly Arab countries that can hardly produce their own seed due to unfavourable climatic conditions.

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Zimbabwe, Katambora, Rhodes Grass, Grass, Intercropping, Cover Crop, Fodder
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Lloyd Sondayi
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+263 7749159
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Department of Research and Speciality Services
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Zana, Monica M. (2018). CHARACTERISTICS OF WEEDS COMMONLY FOUND IN KATAMBORA  RHODES GRASSES SEED PRODUCTION IN ZIMBABWE. DR&SS. Harare, Zimbabwe.

CCARDESA Regional Information, Communication and Knowledge Management System

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CCARDESA
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CCARDESA
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This brochure describes the new CCARDESA ICKM System.

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CCARDESA
Information
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Knowledge Management
ICKM
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CCARDESA
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CCARDESA
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CCARDESA (2018). Regional Information, Communication and Knowledge Management (ICKM) System.

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IPCC Assessment Report 5: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects (Working Group II) - 4. Terrestrial and Inland Water Systems

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Josef Settele (Germany)
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Robert Scholes (South Africa)

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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The topics assessed in this chapter were last assessed by the IPCC in 2007, principally in WGII AR4 Chapters 3 (Kundzewicz et al., 2007) and 4 (Fischlin et al., 2007), but also in WGII AR4 Sections 1.3.4 and 1.3.5 (Rosenzweig et al., 2007). The WGII AR4 SPM stated “Observational evidence from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by regional climate changes, particularly temperature increases,” though they noted that documentation of observed changes in tropical regions and the Southern Hemisphere was sparse (Rosenzweig et al., 2007). Fischlin et al. (2007) found that 20 to 30% of the plant and animal species that had been assessed to that time were considered to be at increased risk of extinction if the global average temperature increase exceeds 2°C to 3°C above the preindustrial level with medium confidence, and that substantial changes in structure and functioning of terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems are very likely under that degree of warming and associated atmospheric CO2 concentration. No time scale was associated with these findings. The carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems were considered to be at high risk from climate change and land use change. The report warned that the capacity of ecosystems to adapt naturally to the combined effect of climate change and other stressors is likely to be exceeded if greenhouse gas (GHG) emission continued at or above the then-current rate.

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Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Global Warming
Impacts
Adaptation
Vulnerability
Water Systems
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Josef Settele (Germany)
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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Settele, J., R. Scholes, R. Betts, S. Bunn, P. Leadley, D. Nepstad, J.T. Overpeck, and M.A. Taboada, 2014: Terrestrial and inland water systems. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 271-359.

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IPCC Assessment Report 5: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects (Working Group II) - 3. Freshwater Resources

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Blanca E. Jiménez Cisneros (Mexico)
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Taikan Oki (Japan)

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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Changes in the hydrological cycle due to climate change can lead to diverse impacts and risks, and they are conditioned by and interact with non-climatic drivers of change and water management responses (Figure 3-1). Water is the agent that delivers many of the impacts of climate change to society, for example, to the energy, agriculture, and transport sectors. Even though water moves through the hydrological cycle, it is a locally variable resource, and vulnerabilities to water-related hazards such as floods and droughts differ between regions. Anthropogenic climate change is one of many stressors of water resources. Nonclimatic drivers such as population increase, economic development, urbanization, and land use or natural geomorphic changes also challenge the sustainability of resources by decreasing water supply or increasing demand. In this context, adaptation to climate change in the water sector can contribute to improving the availability of water.

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Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Global Warming
Impact
Adaptation
Vulnerability
Freshwater
Resources
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Blanca E. Jiménez Cisneros (Mexico)
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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Jiménez Cisneros, B.E., T. Oki, N.W. Arnell, G. Benito, J.G. Cogley, P. Döll, T. Jiang, and S.S. Mwakalila, 2014: Freshwater resources. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 229-269.

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4.61M

Beneficiaries Reached

97000

Farmers Trained

3720

Number of Value Chain Actors Accessing CSA

41300

Lead Farmers Supported