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The CSA Sourcebook Summary booklet was launched in English, Spanish and French at COP23 in 2017, this year, the Global Climate Governance and CSA team had the booklet translated into Arabic and printed for upcoming CSA trainings in the MENA region in 2019.
 

This publication explores concepts, evidence and options for a climate smart approach to improving the performance of irrigated cropping systems.

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Although suitable for the general public and a wide audience, this video is mainly targeted to decision makers and has the objective to sensitize on the importance of Climate-Smart Agriculture and explain the 5 steps approach that needs to be adopted for its implementation at

GACSA updated its brochure, along with its Strategic Plan 2018-2022 this year. This 2-pager brochure highlights GACSA’s mission, strategic objectives and value proposition, along with more information about the Alliance for current and prospective members.
 

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In Sub-Saharan Africa, grains and legumes are considered important crops by farmers and rural households for personal and commercial use (Oluoch-Kosura, 2013). However, unacceptable levels of food loss continue to occur throughout the continent.

In this issue:
1. Featured – Nutrition comic books
2. Implementation of NSIs:

Since its inception, FANRPAN has operated mainly in the Eastern and Southern regions of the continent. In 2010, the FANRPAN Annual General Meeting passed a resolution to amend the constitution so that the organisation could extend its mandate to include

Featured in this issue:
1. ATONU's Nutrition-Sensitive Intervention (NSI) Selection Tool Updated Version
2. End-line data collection
3. Tanzania field assistants reflection meeting
4. Process monitoring
5. ATONU recipe book

Gender inequalities persist despite the increased recognition of women’s rights.

FANRPAN Digest is a monthly report that is produced by the National Agricultural Marketing Council through the Agricultural Industry Trusts Division.

The Western Cape Government (WCG) Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEA&DP) recently commissioned an assessment of the potential economic impacts of climate change to inform decision-making.

Substantial post-harvest losses in cereals and other staple food crops contribute significantly to food, income and nutrition insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Amid global concerns over rising food and fuel prices, changing diets and climate change, irrigated agriculture plays an important role in increasing food production in an uncertain and resource-constrained world.

South Africa should do more to boost its local poultry production capacity

On 3 February 2015, the Financial and Fiscal Commission (the Commission) tabled at Parliament a report on Climate Change, Household Vulnerability and Climate Smart Agriculture: The Case of Two South African Provinces.

Following the activities of the Global Program for Food Security (GPFS), the technical discussion workshop and the national dialogue on food standards/norms related to post-harvest management took place on 29-30 April 2015, at Kaya Kwanga Residential Hotel in Maputo.

Abstract

Groundnuts form the basis for food and nutrition security for the majority of the smallholder farmers and are a vital component in the livelihoods of rural families. The challenge is that the groundnuts of these smallholder farmers are prone to Aflatoxin contamination.

The "no agriculture, no deal" campaign’s first steps can be traced to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate