Reports & Research
December 2014
Zimbabwe
Africa
Southern Africa
Journal Articles & Books
December 2014
Senegal
Mauritania
Mali
Burkina Faso
Algeria
Niger
Nigeria
Chad
Sudan
South Sudan
Eritrea
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Ethiopia
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle Africa
Eastern Africa
Northern Africa
Southern Africa
Western Africa
In Africa, where most agriculture is rainfed, crop growth is limited by water availability. Rainfall variability during a growing season generally translates into variability in crop production.
Reports & Research
November 2014
Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
October 2014
Tanzania
Africa
Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
Smallholder dairy farming is seen as a viable and promising activity to support the livelihoods of cattle keepers in low-income countries. This farming system, characterized by small herds of improved cattle raised under zero-grazing, is proven to lead to better milk yields, but also to require more constant and demanding inputs and resources to sustain production.
Policy Papers & Briefs
September 2014
India
Mozambique
Southern Asia
Southern Africa
Africa
Asia
Policy Papers & Briefs
September 2014
India
Mozambique
Southern Asia
Africa
Asia
Southern Africa
Policy Papers & Briefs
September 2014
Africa
Eastern Asia
Southern Africa
Western Africa
Transitioning to climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in the African context requires a transformational architecture — a systematic shift away from business as usual and a comprehensive programme for building the adaptive capacity of physical, socio-economic, human and institutional dimensions of farming systems.
September 2014
Kenya
Tanzania
Africa
Eastern Africa
Southern Africa
Pastoralism is a farming system in societies that derive majority of their food and
income from livestock production. This form of farming system is practised in the
world’s arid and semi arid lands (ASALs). It is estimated that 70% of the landmass
in the Horn of Africa is dry land; in Kenya 80% of the landmass is classified as ASAL
Manuals & Guidelines
September 2014
Africa
Eastern Africa
Tanzania
Southern Africa
This field manual provides guidance to support, mapping, planning and management in rangelands. It is based on experiences in Tanzania, but the tools presented can be useful for other contexts too.
August 2014
Africa
Southern Africa
Miombo woodlands stretch across Southern
Africa in a belt from Angola and the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC) in the west to Mozambique in the east. The
miombo region covers an area of around 2.4 million km. In
some areas, miombo has been highly degraded as a result of