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Out scaling climate-smart agriculture technologies in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe - Piloting CSA technologies

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CIMMYT
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CIMMYT
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Presentation by CIMMYT gives an insight into activities and pilot sites for climate proofing of the maize value chain.

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Climate Change
Climate-smart
Technologies
Adaptation
Maize
CSA
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Thierfelder, Christian
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CIMMYT
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CYMMIT (2018). Out scaling climate-smart agriculture technologies to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe. Piloting CSA technologies. Presentation.

Out scaling climate-smart technologies to smallholder farmers in Malawo, Zambia & Zimbabwe - Project progress

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CIMMYT Zimbabwe
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CIMMYT
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Presentation by CIMMYT held during the donor consultation and investment proposal development meeting, September 2018 in Lilongwe, Malawi.

The presentation provides information about the project's progress: what is climate-smart agriculture, the project's aim, sites, partners, activities conducted.

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Climate Change
Climate-smart Agriculture
Technology
Adaptation
CIMMYT
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Thierfelder, Christian
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CYMMIT
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CIMMYT (2018). Out scaling slimate-smart technologies to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe - Project progress. Presentation in Lilongwe, Malawi, September 2018.

Out-scaling climate-smart technologies to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe - Vulnerability study

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Munyaradzi
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CCARDESA
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Presentation by Munyaradzi during the donor consultation and investment proposal development meeting, September 2018 in Lilongwe, Malawi.

The results of the vulnerability assessment for out scaling climate-smart technologies to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe are shown, including assessment of risks in the three countries and adaptation strategies.

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Climate Change
Climate-smart
Technologies
Adaptation
Vulnerability
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Munyaradzi
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CCARDESA
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Munyaradzi (2018). Out-scaling climate-smart technologies to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe - Vulnerability study. Presentation in Lilongwe, Malawi, September 2018.

Out scaling climate-smart technologies to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe

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Mulundu Mwila
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CCARDESA
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During the donor consultation and investment proposal development meeting in Lilongwe, Malawi, several adaptation strategies for out-scaling climate-smart technologies to smallholder farmers were identified and prioritized.

The measurements were validated and on in-country and regional level ranked.

 

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Climate Change
Climate-smart
Technologies
Smallholder
Adaptation
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Mulundu Mwila
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CIMMYT
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Mwila, M (2018). Out scaling climate-smart technologies to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe. Prioritization. Presentation in Lilongwe, Malawi, September 2018.

Strengthened CCARDESA ISCKM System Launch

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Rudi Hintermeister
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CCARDESA
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Presentation of the launch of the strengthened CARDESA ICKM System at 2018 High-level Policy Dialogue in Maputo. It highlights the new aspects of the Information, Communication and Knowledge Management System implemented by CCARDESA.

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Information
Communication
Knowledge Management
CCARDESA
ICKM
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CCARDESA
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CCARDESA
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Hintermeister, R. (2018). Strenghened CCARDESA ICKM System Launch. 2018 High-level Policy Dialogue Maputo, 21 November 2018. Mozambique.

Prioritization Meetings Report. Proceedings of three national Prioritization Meetings held in Harare, Zimbabwe, Balaka, Malawi and Chipata, Zambia and Regional Synthesis Report held in Lusaka, Zambia

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CCARDESA
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Under the project "Out-scaling climate-smart technologies to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe" stakeholders aim to evaluate the impact of a changing climate on current farming systems and identify appropriate adaptation measures. This reports summarizes the process and outcomes of a two-staged process to identify and prioritize adaptation strategies designed to reduce the impact of climate change on smallholder farmers.

Meetings were held in-country (Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and in a regional workshop in Lusaka, Zambia to prioritize these technologies. With the exception of Zimbabwe, the meetings were well attended and went through a defined process to identify the technologies.

In both in-country meetings and the regional workshop the participants prioritized a range of options that were common. These were:

 Diversification (rotation and intercropping strategies)

 the use of drought-tolerant varieties

 Different forms of conservation agriculture seeding (ripping, direct seeding and basin planting)

 the use of organic manure

 Staggered planting

 Soil and water conservation

Irrigation and improved climate information services were often mentioned but the capital investments needed as well as the lack of infrastructure make this currently very challenging. This would require Governmental will to advance in the future.

The information gathered will inform the formulation of a feasibility study to be used as a base for developing a larger investment proposal for funding climate-smart agriculture in the region

Keywords
Maize Value Chain
Climate-smart Agriculture
Smallholders
Farmer
Climate Change
Adaptation
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CCARDESA
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CCARDESA
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CCARDESA (2018). Prioritization Meetings Report. Proceedings of three national Prioritization Meetings held in Harare, Zimbabwe, Balaka, Malawi and Chipata, Zambia and Regional Synthesis Report held in Lusaka, Zambia.

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Rapid Loss Appraisal in smallholder maize production in Eastern Cape/South Africa. Information brief for partners. Regional Training Course and Field appraisals

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N. Mtunji
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1.00
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CCARDESA
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The Rapid Loss Appraisal Tool for Agricultural Value Chains (RLAT) was developed in Ghana in 2015 with the sup-port of the GIZ Sector Project "Sustainable Agriculture" (NAREN) and the GIZ program for Market Orientated Ag-riculture (MOFA/Ghana). Its main objective is to identify critical loss points in smallholder agricultural value chains by using a quick and participatory methodology.

The tool was further tested and adapted for socio-economic and agricultural patterns in Southern Africa. The SADC Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA), sup-ported by the two German funded projects NAREN and ACCRA, launched a regional call for proposals for the implementation of RLAT in Southern Africa (Annex A). Seven institutions from five different countries, namely South Africa, eSwatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe applied and the South African Agricultural Research Coun-cil/Grain Crops Institute in Potchefstroom (ARC) was awarded for the piloting of RLAT. The Agricultural Research Council organized the training in Potchefstroom, which was attended by participants from Tanzania and Zimba-bwe whose applications to facilitate the processwere scored 2nd and 3rd best respectively, and was subsequently followed with a field appraisal in the Eastern Cape Province.

The main objectives of the SADC/South Africa pilot mission were

1. To train potential users from SADC member states in the application of RLAT in the maize value chain.

2. To adapt and pilot RLAT methodology in South Africa.

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Climate Change
Rapid Loss Appraisal
RLAT
Maize
Food Security
Post Harvest Management
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N. Mtunji
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CCARDESA
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Mtunji, N. (2018). Rapid Loss Appraisal in smallholder maize production in Eastern Cape/South Africa. Information brief for partners. Regional Training Course and Field appraisals. CCARDESA.

Report - Climate Finance and Proposal Writing Training Botswana 2018

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Frank Udo Hoeggel
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CCARDESA
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Final report of the 'Climate Finance and Proposal Writing Training' which took place in December 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana.

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Udo Hoeggel
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University of Bern
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Hoeggel, F.U. (2018). Climate Finance Readiness. Visual report on the Climate Finance and Proposal Writing Training, Gaborone, Botswana 2018.

Training Report for Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius 2018

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Dr. Wiebke Förch
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Final report of the Training  'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture in the SADC Region' which took place in June 2018 in Réduit, Mauritius.

Part of the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

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Climate Change
Climate-smart Agriculture
Training
Adaptation
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Wiebke Förch
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CCARDESA
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Foerch, W. (2018). Training on Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture in the SADC Region. Training report of the 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training in Réduit, Mauritius in June 2018.

Climate-smart Agriculture and Gender - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius

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Dr. Wiebke Förch
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CCARDESA
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Presentation 'Climate-smart agriculture and gender' by Dr Wiebke Förch, GIZ programme advisor for ACCRA/CCARDESA.

Contains information on

  • Gender and rural development and agriculture
  • Gender and CSA
  • Gender responsive programming
  • Conclusions

Prepared for the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

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Climate Change
Gender
Climate-smart Agriculture
Rural Development
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Wiebke Förch
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CCARDESA
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Foerch, W. (2018). Climate-smart Agriculture and gender. Presentation for the 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training, June 2018.

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Funding Partners

4.61M

Beneficiaries Reached

97000

Farmers Trained

3720

Number of Value Chain Actors Accessing CSA

41300

Lead Farmers Supported