Science-policy dialogue around future farming ‘scenarios’ for climate smart agriculture

Photo: A woman farmer checks the quality of a new groundnut variety during a participatory varietal selection trial. in Tsholotsho District, Matabeleland North province, Zimbabwe. Groundnut is seen by AgMIP scientists as a climate-smart crop as this legume is nutritious, soil-enriching and resilient to climate change (Credits: Sabine Homann Kee-Tui)

Science-policy dialogue around future farming ‘scenarios’ for climate smart agriculture

14 Dec 2017

Food on our plates, be it meat or pulses, rice or millets, and how and where it is produced can be a...

Communal farmers cultivate maize crops in Mvuma district, Masvingo, Zimbabwe, January 26, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Innovation platforms help dryland communities shift to climate-smart thinking

07 Nov 2017

Small farmers will have to innovate fast to adapt to more extreme and recurrent climate stresses From 6-17 November, the world’s governments...

Mucuna, a high protein, drought-tolerant legume not only improves soil fertility and resists Striga, but also helps smallholder crop-livestock farmers cope with climate change. (Photo: Patricia Masikati/ICRISAT)

Seamless crop-livestock integration in drought-prone Zimbabwe: Discovering and adopting more profitable and sustainable farming through innovation platforms

06 Nov 2017

“Last year was a drought year and the only crop we harvested was mucuna. This year we experienced water logging and again...

How to scale up the initial success of crop-livestock innovation platforms in Zimbabwe?

22 Sep 2017

Scaling IPs or scaling the innovations? Experiences from ZimCLIFS, Semi-Arid Region in Zimbabwe from ICRISAT Goats and cattle are crucial for the...

Matopos Research Centre now part of the Command Agriculture programme in Zimbabwe

11 Aug 2017

Acting President of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa, said Matopos Research Centre will now be part of the Command Agriculture programme. He toured...

Like our crops, we have grown

04 Jul 2017

Mid-way through a meeting between local farmers and close to 30 national and provincial level participants attending a three-day country strategy development...

Call for sustainable intensification of farming systems in Zimbabwe

21 Apr 2017

Researchers and stakeholders recently came together at a workshop to define the role of agricultural research for sustainable climate-resilient food systems and...

Reverse engineering innovation for impact

08 Aug 2016

I recently spent a week talking to scientists at ICRISAT about innovation and how ICRISAT and the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial and Research...

Our crops and croplands feed livestock

06 Jun 2016

Can Africa’s growing demand for red meat be met by better utilizing cropland resources and the available feed/forage technologies produced in the...

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