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Commemorating 20 years of tackling climate change in Namibia, 1995-2015

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Van Wyk
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Lesley-Anne

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Hanns Seidel Foundation
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In two weeks’ time, the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hold the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in Paris, France. Namibia has been a signatory to this international treaty since 1995 and is as such at an important juncture of commemorating the progress and lessons to come out of the past 20 years of responding to the challenges presented by climate change within the context of international development. Another important juncture in international development is that of the soon to be enacted intergovernmentally agreed set of targets, the Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs). In less than two months, the SDGs will take effect when UN member states are expected to enact policies and legislation to realise them and their associated targets.

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Climate change,
Mitigation,
Sustainable development,
Environmental management,
Namibia
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Hanns Seidel Foundation
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Van Wyk, Lesley-Anne. Hanns Seidel Foundation Namibia, (2015). Commemorating twenty years of tackling climate change in Namibia, 1995-2015.

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Communicating climate-smart agriculture, prospects, challenges

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Majority of farmers in Zimbabwe are small-scale based, poverty stricken and vulnerable to climate shocks, stresses and impacts. The small-scale farmers have no access to bank loans, crop insurance and other public interventions. This leaves them highly exposed, neglected and defenceless to climatic threats. The national input scheme, otherwise known as the Presidential Input Scheme, has its shortcomings and a few merits.

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Climate Smart Agriculture,
CSA,
Human Health,
Climate Change,
Zimbabwe
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Peter Makwanya, (2016). Communicating climate-smart agriculture, prospects, challenges. https://www.newsday.co.zw/2016/07/communicating-climate-smart-agricultu…

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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Scoping Study: Case Study of South Africa

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 Pearson Mnkeni
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Charles Mutengwa

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University of Fort Hare
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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 framework in South Africa in terms of effectiveness and equity.

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Climate Smart Agriculture,
CSA,
South Africa,
Productivity,
Adaptation,
Mitigation,
Development
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University of Fort Hare
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Pearson Mnkeni and Charles Mutengwa, (2016). FANRPAN, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Scoping Study: Case Study of South Africa. p.31. 

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Climate Change Elements of the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP)

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This presentation made during the tackling climate change in agriculture training in Zimbabwe, talks about climate change elements and  interventions in the RAP.

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Climate Change,
CSA,
SADC,
Regional Agricultural Policy,
RAP
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+267 391 4997
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CCARDESA
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CCARDESA, (2017).  Climate Change Elements of the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP). p.13.

Le Jatropha à Madagascar : une culture d’avenir ?

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Maholy
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Connue depuis l’Antiquité, cette plante aux multiples utilisations est remise au goût du jour pour en faire du bio-carburant. Son mode de culture simple et ses nombreux débouchés en font une culture de rente pour les plus démunis.

Jatropha curcas est un arbuste de la famille des Euphorbiacées que l’on retrouve actuellement dans toutes les régions intertropicales sèches du monde. En Afrique, il est appelé « pourghère » et à Madagascar « vavavelona », « kinanana » ou « voanongo » selon les régions. C’est une plante très ancienne dont des restes fossiles datant de l’ère tertiaire ont été retrouvés. Il semble qu’elle soit apparue en Amérique centrale avant de se répandre lentement sur tout le continent américain. À partir du XVIème siècle, sa diffusion a été accélérée par l’homme qui a trouvé avec elle une plante aux nombreuses utilisations bien qu’elle ne soit pas comestible.

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Review of Conservation Agriculture – Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change in Northern Namibia

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Namibia
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Namibia
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More than half of the 2.1 million people of Namibia live in the northern regions of the country. Furthermore, more than two thirds of the population depends on subsistence agriculture for their livelihood. Because Namibia's climate is already variable, and droughts are common, climate change is set to increase the already vulnerable community, of which most are women-led households.

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Conservation agriculture
Climate change
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Namibia
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Namibia
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Namibia, 2015. Review of Conservation Agriculture – Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change in Northern Namibia.

Valorisation de l’agrobiodiversité des ignames de Madagascar

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Parmi les plantes à tubercule cultivées, les espèces appartenant au genre Dioscorea (famille des Dioscoreaceae), plus communément connues sous le nom d’ignames en français se concentrent surtout dans les régions tropicales (Afrique, Amérique, Asie). Sur le plan alimentaire, grâce aux valeurs nutritionnelles relativement élevées de leurs tubercules (nettement supérieures à celles du manioc) et à la maîtrise des techniques culturales qui permettent leur domestication et leur production en grande quantité, certaines espèces sont à la base de l’alimentation des populations et contribuent à l’alimentation des animaux d’élevage. Du point de vue de la production, les ignames sont devenues le second tubercule des régions tropicales après le manioc. Le Nigeria, la Jamaïque, le Ghana, le Brésil et bien d’autres pays en sont exportateurs. Plusieurs espèces sont utilisées en médecine traditionnelle (dermatologie, gynécologie humaine et vétérinaire, gastro-entérologie etc…). D’autres sont utilisées par l’industrie : en agroalimentaire comme la fabrication de farine et de flocons et en industrie pharmaceutique telle l’utilisation de la diosgénine dans l’hémisynthèse de pilules anticonceptionnelles et de corticostéroïdes.

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FAO success stories on climate smart agriculture

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Tanzania
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Tanzania
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This booklet provides examples of climate-smart systems by showcasing some FAO success stories in various countries. The cases have been selected from the FAO Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Sourcebook launched in 2013 to show the diversity of potential options across
different regions and agricultural systems also covering subjects such as biodiversity and gender.

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Climate-Smart Agriculture
Biodiversity
Gender
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Tanzania
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Tanzania
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Tanzania, 2013.FAO success stories on climate smart agriculture.

Les ignames cultivées (Dioscorea spp., Dioscoreaceae) de Madagascar : diversité, distribution, usages, croyances et importance pour le développement durable à Madagascar

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Hary Misa Rakotozafy
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Lisy Razafinimpiasa, Mamy Tiana Rajaonah, Vololoniaina Jeannoda

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Plusieurs formes d’ignames cultivées se rencontrent à Madagascar si l’on se réfère aux nombreux noms vernaculaires et aux différentes morphologies que l’on observe sur l’appareil végétatif. Ces formes se rencontrent au niveau de toutes les zones agroécologiques de l’île, mais l’importance de leur culture y est variable. Les usages des ignames cultivées sont aussi bien alimentaires, médicinales que culturelles. De nombreuses croyances sont à rattacher à l’igname cultivées à Madagascar témoignant de la place qu’elles occupaient auparavant dans l’alimentation et la tradition malgache. Cette ressource qui était tombée en désuétude devant le développement de la culture du riz ou d’autres tubercules comme le manioc a pu être valorisée lors du projet CORUS 6020 par des actions diverses auprès des communautés locales.

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APPSA Groundnut Seed Production Saves Farmers against Falling Prices of "White Gold" in Petauke

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Falling prices of cotton, normally referred to as ‘‘white gold’’ is not good news for small- scale farmers in Eastern province, as the crop has been a source of livelihoods to them for many years. A significant decrease in the number of small-scale farmers currently growing cotton in the province has resulted in an increase in poverty levels. This has exposed small-scale farmers whose livelihood is derived from farming to much more challenging survival mechanisms.

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APPSA,
White Gold,
Petauke,
Farmers
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+267 391 4997
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CCARDESA
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CCARDESA, APPSA. Groundnut Seed Production Saves Farmers against Falling Prices of "White Gold" in Petauke. p.3.

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4.61M

Beneficiaries Reached

97000

Farmers Trained

3720

Number of Value Chain Actors Accessing CSA

41300

Lead Farmers Supported