The athors explain how CTA has been bundling weather-based index insurance with other services to increase the resilience of 140,000 smallholder households in Southern Africa to climatic changes.
Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Kadzamira, Mariam A.T.J.
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[Weather-based index insurance: a climate-smart agricultural solution for smallholder farmers]
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Weather-based index insurance: a climate-smart agricultural solution for smallholder farmers
A major concern for smallholder farmers at the start of each season is to choose and source seeds, and with the advent of climate change, this is more critical than ever. As part of a CTA-led initiative to help farmers counter drought and other extreme weather events, seed fairs are being organis...
Odubote, Kolawole
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Mulila-Mitti, Joyce
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Kadzamira, Mariam A.T.J.
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[Seed fairs: an innovative climate-smart practice to share and obtain stress-tolerant seeds]
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Seed fairs: an innovative climate-smart practice to share and obtain stress-tolerant seeds
This study evaluated the performance of tree legumes and other soil fertility management innovations
used by farmers. The objectives of the study were to: examine the extent that farm attributes, typology of
farmers and field management practices have affected the adaptation and use of agroforest...
Akinnifesi, F.K.
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Sileshi, Gudeta W.
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Franzel, Steven
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Harawa, R
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Makumba, W
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Chakeredza, S.
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Mngomba, S
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Wolf, J.J. de
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Chianu, J.N.
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[On-farm assessment of legume fallows and other soil fertility management options used by smallholder farmers in Southern Malawi]
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On-farm assessment of legume fallows and other soil fertility management options used by smallholder farmers in Southern Malawi
Rubin, Deborah
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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[Making climate-smart agriculture work for women farmers and entrepreneurs]
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Making climate-smart agriculture work for women farmers and entrepreneurs
Malawi is a land-locked country in southern Africa. Three-fourths of Malawi’s 13 million people rely on smallholder agriculture for their livelihoods. Increasing population, accelerating deforestation, poor soil and water management, and increasing poverty and land degradation directly impact the...
Beedy, Tracy
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Sileshi, Gudeta W.
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Kundhlande G
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Chiundu G
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Simons AJ
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[Scaling up agroforestry to achieve food security and environmental protection among smallholder farmers in Malawi]
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Scaling up agroforestry to achieve food security and environmental protection among smallholder farmers in Malawi
Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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[Africa RISING West Africa: Status of activities in the rice-based systems, January-September 2012]
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Africa RISING West Africa: Status of activities in the rice-based systems, January-September 2012
This brief draws on three cases to show how the private sector contributes to the conceptualisation, design, delivery and evaluation of climate-smart agricultural interventions and can help bring them to scale. Engaging the private sector in CSA interventions enhances the applicability – and thus...
Gordon, Una May
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Were, Thomas O.
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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[Putting the private sector at the centre of climate-smart agriculture]
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Putting the private sector at the centre of climate-smart agriculture
The formulation and implementation of an adaptation strategy is of growing concern to governments. The adaptation policy framework (APF) sets out indicative activities and features of an adaptation strategy. Understanding the extent to which existing practices can support adaptation in societies ...
Kalame, F.B.
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Aidoo, R.
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Nkem, J.
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Kanninen, M.
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Luukkanen, O.
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Idinoba, M.
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[The modified taungya system in Ghana’s transitional zone: a win–win practice for forestry and adaptation to climate change?]
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The modified taungya system in Ghana’s transitional zone: a win–win practice for forestry and adaptation to climate change?
Olu Ajayi, Senior Programme Coordinator (Agriculture and Climate Change) at CTA, shares the results achieved and lessons learned from the project on Scaling up Climate Smart Agriculture solutions for Cereal and Livestock farmers in Southern African Region.
Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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[Enhancing the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change: The Scaling-Up Project in Southern Africa]
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Enhancing the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change: The Scaling-Up Project in Southern Africa