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Science Can Reverse 'New Normal' of Hunger and Climate Disaster
Feb 27 2018   For the first time in a decade, world hunger has also risen once more to affect an estimated 815 million people. Regions facing conflict in combination with the impact of droughts and floods fared the worst in parts of Africa and Asia.This, coupled...

The Southern Africa Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group (CARWG) Meeting
The Southern Africa Conservation Agriculture Regional Working Group (CARWG) http://carwg.act-africa.org/ was established in 2007 to coordinate the activities of organisations working to promote the introduction of conservation Agriculture (CA) in...

Reversing and Mitigating Agricultural Land Degradation Worldwide
Feb 25 2018   Reversing and Mitigating Agricultural Land Degradation Worldwide: Can Conservation Agriculture Contribute to Implementation of Land Degradation Neutrality? By Amir Kassam, Chair, ICAAP-Africa, ACT The world has lost some 400 M ha of agricultural...

Strengthening Education and Innovation in Conservation Agriculture for Improved livelihoods in Africa
Feb 23 2018   Conservation Agriculture (CA) is a venerable, old age practice by farmers world-wide that rests on three pillars, namely minimum mechanical soil disturbance, continuous soil cover and crop rotation (diversification). There are many global efforts...

The Future of Farming: Exploring Climate Smart Agriculture How can we adapt farming to an
Feb 22 2018   "The Future of Farming " is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) developed by the University of Reading and Future Learn that’s running from 5 March for a new cohort of students. Can Climate Smart Agriculture...

Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Summit
The objective of the Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Summit is to provide an opportunity for cross-sector networking and knowledge exchange that is competent and neutral, technical and commercial by bringing together all stakeholders, including...

Center aims to bridge gaps in climate smart agriculture
Feb 04 2018   ADDIS ABABA - Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation (Climate SABC) hosted by Haromaya University is aiming to train efficient agricultural and climate change experts in Africa. The Center financed...