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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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1.00
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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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AN ANALYSIS OF SORGHUM PRODUCTION TRENDS IN THE SEMI-ARID REGIONS OF ZIMBABWE.

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Tafadzwa Cipangura
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2.00
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Department of Research and Specialist Services
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¨Micronutrients are essential for plant growth and play an important role in balanced crop nutrition. They promote the strong ,steady growth of crops that produce higher yields and increase harvest quality- maximizing a plant’s genetic potential.

¨ Most micronutrients are immobile in soils and plants. There is therefore need to supply additional micronutrients to the soil.

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Zimbabwe,Micronutrients,Maize grain
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Lloyd Sondayi
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+263 7749159
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Ministry Of Agriculture
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Sondayi,l.(2019),Effects of micronutrients on maize grain yield and macronutrients uptake
.2019.[Onlone]Harare:20

AN ANALYSIS OF SORGHUM PRODUCTION TRENDS IN THE SEMI-ARID REGIONS OF ZIMBABWE.

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Tafadzwa Cipangura
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2.00
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Department of Research and Specialist Services
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¨Micronutrients are essential for plant growth and play an important role in balanced crop nutrition. They promote the strong ,steady growth of crops that produce higher yields and increase harvest quality- maximizing a plant’s genetic potential.

¨ Most micronutrients are immobile in soils and plants. There is therefore need to supply additional micronutrients to the soil.

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Zimbabwe,Micronutrients,Maize grain
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Lloyd Sondayi
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+263 7749159
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Ministry Of Agriculture
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Sondayi,l.(2019),Effects of micronutrients on maize grain yield and macronutrients uptake
.2019.[Onlone]Harare:20

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.

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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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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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IPCC Assessment Report 5: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects (Working Group II) - 2. Foundations for Decision Making

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Roger N. Jones (Australia)
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Anand Patwardhan (India)

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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This chapter addresses the foundations of decision making with respect to climate impact, adaptation, and vulnerability (CIAV). The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) summarized methods for assessing CIAV (Carter et al., 2007), which we build on by surveying the broader literature relevant for decision making.

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Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Global Warming
Impact
Adaptation
Vulnerability
Decision Making
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Roger N. Jones (Australia)
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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Jones, R.N., A. Patwardhan, S.J. Cohen, S. Dessai, A. Lammel, R.J. Lempert, M.M.Q. Mirza, and H. von Storch, 2014: Foundations for decision making. 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. 195-228.

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IPCC Assessment Report 5: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects (Working Group II) - 1. Point of Departure

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Virginia R. Burkett (USA)
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Avelino G. Suarez (Cuba)

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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This chapter describes the information basis for the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of IPCC Working Group II (WGII) and the rationale for its structure. As the starting point of WGII AR5, the chapter begins with an analysis of how the literature for the assessment has developed through time and proceeds with an overview of how the framing and content of the WGII reports have changed since the first IPCC report was published in 1990. The future climate scenarios used in AR5 are a marked change from those used in the Third (TAR, 2001) and Fourth (AR4, 2007) Assessment Reports; this shift is described here, along with the new AR5 guidance for communicating scientific uncertainty. The chapter provides a summary of the most relevant key findings from the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (IPCC, 2011), the IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (IPCC, 2012), and the AR5 Working Group I (The Physical Science Basis) and AR5 Working Group III (Mitigation of Climate Change). Collectively these recent reports, new scenarios, and other advancements in climate change science set the stage for an assessment of impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability that could potentially overcome many of the limitations identified in the IPCC WGII AR4, particularly with respect to the human dimensions of climate change.

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Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Global Warming
Impacts,
Adaptation
Vulnerability
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Virginia R. Burkett (USA)
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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Burkett, V.R., A.G. Suarez, M. Bindi, C. Conde, R. Mukerji, M.J. Prather, A.L. St. Clair, and G.W. Yohe, 2014: Point of departure. 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. 169-194.

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