Regional Policy Makers

Farmers and other actors in agricultural value chains need significant amounts of information to implement Climate Smart Agriculture. Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and Digitalization can play a key role in knowledge exchange, targeting recommendations, market integration and access to finance.

This Options Paper is a response to an extensive discussion that was triggered by a post on the CCARDESA DGroups discussion group during the 4th Global Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in November 2017 and subsequent discussions lasting until today.

This Decision Tool aims to help field-level extension staff make climate-smart decisions on which fertiliser application 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.

This Decision Tool aims to help field-level extension staff make climate-smart decisions on which pest and disease control options best suit their farmers’ context. This tool is not designed as a technical guide to implementation; it is intended to assist extension staff in making climate-smart decisions on improvements to their farming systems with their clients/farmers.

This report highlights key outputs of CCARDESA’s activities for the year 2019 which were crafted along the five thematic areas of the Revised Medium-Term Operational Plan (2015-2018). The MTOP in turn derives its focus from key strategic regional documents such as the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP), the Regional Indicative and Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), and the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).

This Decision Tool aims to help field-level extension staff make climate-smart decisions on which pest and disease control 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. Reference to technical guides relevant to the practices and technologies outlined are included at the end of the tool.

The Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) is a subsidiary implementing institution of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat. This MTOP for CCARDESA’s is based on the CCARDESA long-term Strategic Plan (2018 - 2028) and the Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) paradigm for Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) to align R&D organizations to sub-sector, sector and ultimately, national and regional development objectives.

This Options Paper focuses on some of the Best Bet Climate-Smart practices and technology options for Livestock Production in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

This Options Paper focuses on some of the Best Bet Climate-Smart practice and technology options for rice production in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

This Options Paper focuses on some of the Best Bet Climate Smart practices and technology options for Sorghum production in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.