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The main objective of the consultancy is to support the implementation of APPSA regional M&E activities. The specific objectives are to:

1. To Review and share Good Practice checklist for M&E and to foster the regional exchange of experience, good practices and tools through convening regular virtual meetings of the APPSA M&E Focal persons
2. To facilitate the establishment of M&E and Communication Working groups in Angola
3. To review the Results Frameworks for the 8 sub-projects that are currently being implemented
4. To Facilitate Results-based M&E training of RcoL staff
5. To develop guidelines on the establishment of database on agricultural technologies

The Agricultural Productivity Programme for Southern Africa (APPSA)- is a project supported by the World Bank which seeks to promote a regional approach to agricultural technology generation and dissemination by supporting, strengthening and scaling up of regional centers of Regional Leadership on commodities of regional importance. APPSA is structured around four components of which one of them is technology generation and dissemination hence the reason for sub-projects that address this component.

Index-based insurance (IBI) compensates farmers in the event of a loss (Greatrex et al. 2015). IBI generally uses 'proxy' indices relating to specific risks (often climate-related) that may affect a farmer’s yield

Farmers and other actors in agricultural value chains need significant amounts of information to implement Climate Smart Agriculture. Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and Digitalization can play a key role in knowledge exchange, targeting recommendations, market integration and access to finance.

This Options Paper is a response to an extensive discussion that was triggered by a post on the CCARDESA DGroups discussion group during the 4th Global Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in November 2017 and subsequent discussions lasting until today.

This Decision Tool aims to help field-level extension staff make climate-smart decisions on which fertiliser application option best suits their farmers’ context. This tool is not designed as a technical guide to implementation. It is designed to assist extension staff in making climate-smart decisions on improvements to their farming systems with their clients/farmers.

This Decision Tool aims to help field-level extension staff make climate-smart decisions on which pest and disease control options best suit their farmers’ context. This tool is not designed as a technical guide to implementation; it is intended to assist extension staff in making climate-smart decisions on improvements to their farming systems with their clients/farmers.

This report highlights key outputs of CCARDESA’s activities for the year 2019 which were crafted along the five thematic areas of the Revised Medium-Term Operational Plan (2015-2018). The MTOP in turn derives its focus from key strategic regional documents such as the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP), the Regional Indicative and Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), and the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).

This Decision Tool aims to help field-level extension staff make climate-smart decisions on which pest and disease control option best suits their farmers’ context. This tool is not designed as a technical guide to implementation. It is designed to assist extension staff in making climate-smart decisions on improvements to their farming systems with their clients. Reference to technical guides relevant to the practices and technologies outlined are included at the end of the tool.

The Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) is a subsidiary implementing institution of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat. This MTOP for CCARDESA’s is based on the CCARDESA long-term Strategic Plan (2018 - 2028) and the Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) paradigm for Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) to align R&D organizations to sub-sector, sector and ultimately, national and regional development objectives.