eprintid: 5519
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 128
dir: disk0/00/00/55/19
datestamp: 2012-02-16 14:18:42
lastmod: 2012-02-16 14:19:42
status_changed: 2012-02-16 14:18:42
type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Mazvimavi, K
icrisatcreators_name: Mazvimavi, K
affiliation: ICRISAT(Bulawayo)
country: Zimbabwe
title: Coordinating and Advocating for Conservation Agriculture Policies in Southern Africa
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: restricted
monograph_type: technical_report
abstract: Agriculture plays a dominant role in the economic development of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite problems associated with productivity growth, agriculture is a key for spurring growth, getting large numbers of people out of poverty, and is a principal route to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) (World Bank, 2009). Agriculture is to be considered more than simply an economic activity – it is a key for food security and thus for survival, a means of livelihood and culture, 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’s (SSA) gross domestic product (GDP), at least 40 percent of export value, and approximately 70-80 percent of employment (FAO, 2006; IMF 2006; World Bank, 2006; World Bank, 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, 2006; ILO, 2007). 
date: 2011
date_type: published
publisher: UNKNOWN
citation:   Mazvimavi, K  (2011) Coordinating and Advocating for Conservation Agriculture Policies in Southern Africa.  Technical Report. UNKNOWN.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/5519/1/Regional%20CA%20Policy%20Report%20FINAL.pdf