Check out the GACSA Enabling Environment Action Group (EEAG) newest flyer and learn more about its main objectives, key CSA challenges across countries, EEAG activitites to date, ACSA action areas, work plan and key messages.

In southern Africa, the predicted 2°C rise in temperature will destabilize farming systems. Coping mechanisms, livelihood strategies and the cost of adaptation options for smallholder farmers are not sufficiently understood in the region because the majority of research is focused on ecological assessment and identifying the vulnerability of households. In addition, most research is conducted at national and regional levels, with a gap in scientific evidence at a local level to inform policy decisions for effective smallholder adaptation.

 

Open government data and open agricultural data are rapidly emergent focus areas in Caribbean policy, research and development circles. CTA has commissioned this baseline study in the framework of its 2014 AgriHack Talent Caribbean activity, which aims to support youth Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovations and entrepreneurship in Agriculture in the Caribbean.