?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11077%2F&rft.title=Assessing+the+contributions+of+conservation+agriculture+to+building+resilience+to+drought%2C+Conservation+Agriculture+Literature+Review&rft.creator=Mazvimavi%2C+K&rft.subject=Climate+Resilient+Technologies&rft.subject=Drought&rft.subject=African+Agriculture&rft.subject=Sub-Saharan+Africa&rft.description=This+literature+review+summarises+theory+and+evidence+of%0D%0Athe+contribution+of+conservation+agriculture+(CA)+to+resilience+in+the+event+of+drought.+A+resilient+agricultural+system+is+able+to+continue+to+function+and+provide+essential%0D%0Aecosystem+services%2C+such+as+food+provisioning%2C+following%0D%0Aan+external+shock.+If+drought+occurs%2C+a+more+resilient+system+should+offer+higher+productivity+and+food+security.%0D%0AThe+review+asks+whether+CA+improves+productivity+and%0D%0Afood+security+when+rainfall+is+poor%2C+and+what+aspects%0D%0Aof+CA+contribute+most+to+these+benefits.+The+review+will%0D%0Aguide+the+design+of+a+field+study+on+the+impacts+of+CA+after+the+2015%2F16+El+Nino+drought+in+southern+Africa.%0D%0AConservation+agriculture+combines+three+basic+sets+of%0D%0Atechnologies+or+practices%3A+i)+minimum+or+reduced+tillage%2C%0D%0Aii)+maintenance+of+soil+surface+cover+using+crop+residues%2C%0D%0Aand+iii)+crop+diversification+using+rotations.+CA+has+been%0D%0Aidentified+as+a+climate+smart+agricultural+practice+because%0D%0Ait+improves+crop+productivity%2C+improves+resilience+of%0D%0Acropping+systems+to+climate+change%2C+and+mitigates%0D%0Agreenhouse+gases.+In+Southern+Africa+two+forms+of+CA%0D%0Ahave+recently+been+promoted%3A+a+manual+version+based%0D%0Aon+digging+planting+basins%2C+and+a+mechanised+practice%0D%0Abased+on+the+use+of+soil+rippers+and+direct+seeders+or+jab%0D%0Aplanters.+Due%2C+in+part%2C+to+inaccessibility+of+CA+equipment%2C%0D%0Amost+smallholder+farmers+in+the+region+are+practising%0D%0Amanual+CA+techniques...&rft.publisher=Vuna+Research+Report&rft.date=2016-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11077%2F1%2FAssessing-the-contributions-of-conservation-Literature-Review.-Mazvimavi-K..pdf&rft.identifier=++Mazvimavi%2C+K++(2016)+Assessing+the+contributions+of+conservation+agriculture+to+building+resilience+to+drought%2C+Conservation+Agriculture+Literature+Review.++Technical+Report.+Vuna+Research+Report%2C+Pretoria%2C+SA.+++++