Future threats of climate variability and change and accelerated soil degradation in southern Africa have increased the need for more sustainable and “climate-smart” agriculture practices. Manual systems of conservation agriculture (CA) based on seeding into planting basins or direct seeding tech...
Thierfelder, Christian
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Matemba-Mutasa R
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Bunderson, W.T.
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Mutenje M
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Nyagumbo, Isaiah
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Mupangwa, W.
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[Evaluating manual conservation agriculture systems in southern Africa]
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Evaluating manual conservation agriculture systems in southern Africa
Thierfelder, Christian
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[Transforming maize-legume value chains: A business case for climate-smart agriculture in Southern Africa]
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Transforming maize-legume value chains: A business case for climate-smart agriculture in Southern Africa
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has been promoted since 2011 to increase productivity,
improve resilience to climate variability and change and reduce greenhouse gas emission,
where feasible, in farming systems globally and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. CSA is
unique, by comparison, to some o...
Bell, Patrick
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Namoi, Nictor
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Lamanna, Christine
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[A Practical Guide to Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies in Africa]
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A Practical Guide to Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies in Africa
Conservation agriculture (CA) based on minimum soil disturbance, crop residue retention and crop rotations is considered as a soil and crop management system that could potentially increase soil quality and mitigate the negative effects of climate variability. When CA is combined with drought-tol...
Thierfelder, Christian
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Rusinamhodzi, Leonard
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Setimela, Peter
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Walker, Forbes
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Eash, Neal S.
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[Conservation agriculture and drought-tolerant germplasm: Reaping the benefits of climate-smart agriculture technologies in central Mozambique]
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Conservation agriculture and drought-tolerant germplasm: Reaping the benefits of climate-smart agriculture technologies in central Mozambique
Harrison, R.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Baudron, Frédéric
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Chinwada, P.
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Midega, C.
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Schaffner, U.
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Berg, J. van den
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[Agro-ecological options for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) management: Providing low-cost, smallholder friendly solutions to an invasive pest]
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Agro-ecological options for fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith) management: Providing low-cost, smallholder friendly solutions to an invasive pest
Climate change and extreme weather events undermine smallholder household food and income security in
southern Africa. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies comprise a suite of interventions that aim to
sustainably increase productivity whilst helping farmers adapt their farming systems to...
Mutenje, M.J.
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Stirling, C.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Mupangwa, W.
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Nyagumbo, I.
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[A cost-benefit analysis of climate-smart agriculture options in Southern Africa: Balancing gender and technology]
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A cost-benefit analysis of climate-smart agriculture options in Southern Africa: Balancing gender and technology
What is and what is not climate-smart agriculture (CSA)? That existential question sparks debate, complicates implementation and fractures the development community. Many institutions are developing 4-10 page ‘technical briefs’ describing the ‘climate-smartness’ of interventions (ie, the impact o...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Lamanna, Christine
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Thierfelder, Christian
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[Conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa main messages]
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Conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa main messages