?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5519%2F&rft.title=Coordinating+and+Advocating+for+Conservation+Agriculture+Policies+in+Southern+Africa&rft.creator=Mazvimavi%2C+K&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Agriculture+plays+a+dominant+role+in+the+economic+development+of+countries+in+Sub-Saharan+Africa.+Despite+problems+associated+with+productivity+growth%2C+agriculture+is+a+key+for+spurring+growth%2C+getting+large+numbers+of+people+out+of+poverty%2C+and+is+a+principal+route+to+meeting+the+Millennium+Development+Goals+(MDG)+(World+Bank%2C+2009).+Agriculture+is+to+be+considered+more+than+simply+an+economic+activity+%E2%80%93+it+is+a+key+for+food+security+and+thus+for+survival%2C+a+means+of+livelihood+and+culture%2C+and+a+provider+of+environmental+services+but+also+a+major+source+of+environmental+degradation+if+unsustainable+practices+are+used.+Agriculture+currently+accounts+for+about+30+percent+of+Sub-Saharan+Africa%E2%80%99s+(SSA)+gross+domestic+product+(GDP)%2C+at+least+40+percent+of+export+value%2C+and+approximately+70-80+percent+of+employment+(FAO%2C+2006%3B+IMF+2006%3B+World+Bank%2C+2006%3B+World+Bank%2C+2007b).+More+than+75+percent+of+the+total+population+in+Southern+Africa+live+in+rural+areas+and+the+majority+of+them+are+smallholder+households+involved+in+agricultural+activities+(FAO%2C+2006%3B+ILO%2C+2007).+&rft.publisher=UNKNOWN&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5519%2F1%2FRegional%2520CA%2520Policy%2520Report%2520FINAL.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mazvimavi%2C+K++(2011)+Coordinating+and+Advocating+for+Conservation+Agriculture+Policies+in+Southern+Africa.++Technical+Report.+UNKNOWN.+++++